We have no idea how Robert B. Reich managed to gain nearly 1.5 million followers on Twitter, but he seems to be happy about it. Well, he was happy about it until Elon Musk purchased Twitter with the promise to take it private. Reich set himself up for plenty of jabs like, “Build your own Twitter,” which the Left continually said to conservatives complaining about shadowbans and such. Some people did build their own Twitter: at first, there was Parler, but that was soon taken down from Apple’s App Store and the Google Play store. Employees of Amazon, which hosted Parler, demanded that Amazon cut ties with Parler and stop hosting it.
Musk and his apologists say if consumers don’t like what he does with Twitter, they can go elsewhere. But where else would consumers go to post short messages that can reach millions of people other than Twitter?
The “free market” increasingly reflects the demands of big money.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) April 25, 2022
It’s called platform monopoly. It’s bad for our democracy as well as our economy.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) April 25, 2022
Sorry, buddy … build your own Twitter. This is the first we’ve heard of Reich complaining about Twitter’s platform monopoly.
You do understand that you have not refuted his point about platform monopoly, right?
— The Costume Czar (@thecostumeczar) April 25, 2022
Um…"if consumers don't like what [Twitter does], they can go elsewhere" is exactly what the left was saying two weeks ago.
Suddenly, your tune changes!
Amazing! LOL!
— Larry Sanger (@lsanger) April 25, 2022
— t1vengen (@t1vengence) April 25, 2022
Reich has no problem with Jeff Bezos owning the Washington Post.
— IrishTea1 (@IrishTea1) April 25, 2022
Total lack of self-awareness. The left has been screeching, “if you don’t like it, build your own” for years.
— Erik Soderstrom (@soderstrom) April 25, 2022
Robert hasn't ONCE lambasted anyone in big tech, media, our "intelligence" agencies or Dem party for deliberately spreading outright lie Hunter's laptop was "Russian Disinfo"
He doesn't care about truth, freedom or democracy. He cares about unquestioned progressive authority.
— Bonk (@BonkPolitics) April 25, 2022
This you? https://t.co/AutJ847gnK
— Joecephus (@_joecephus) April 25, 2022
It’s perfect. pic.twitter.com/XgKibQEmOu
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) April 25, 2022
Might have to retire from this website. There’ll never be a better flip.
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) April 25, 2022
Didn't see you saying so when Trump was banned and @parler_app was scrubbed from stores and hosting services. Now you think it's a problem because more freedom is coming?
— Craig Carroll (@BIG_chikin) April 25, 2022
There's this new platform attempting to compete with Twitter called Truth Social. You could try there.
— Matthew Sablan (@lucentile) April 25, 2022
Robert you can use @gab, they have millions of users & have been very accommodating for years as people were deplatformed from Twitter.
Let’s head on over!
— Arthur Burton (@Arthur__Burton) April 25, 2022
We’ve been assured that Gab has been taken over by neo-Nazis and is unusable. That’s what happens when you don’t stifle free speech.
Learn to code
— Prince of All Satans (@PenitusVox) April 25, 2022
Sounds like Reich is torn between leaving Twitter in protest and losing his followers. What to do?
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 25, 2022