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 I hated twitter, but, Twitter might lead to world peace. Its an instant empathy link.
The way Bitcoin will/is keeping governments in check, just by virtue of existing as an alternative in a Market of Currencies.
Nostr will keep X honest. But:

Think about what Twitter has just done. It has held those who need to be held accountable, accountable. De-psyoped, two new psyops a day, aswell as an almost 50+ year culture wide psyop. 

Palestine has been genocided many times. But never in First Person point of view. It's a whole new "United Nations". The Internet Nation. 

Drop a solar powered battery, a star link, and a smart phone, and just try and get away with your fucking genocide, assholes.

Drop a kit in the congo. Rape stopped.

Drop one in voting sensitive areas. Instant encrypted , local voting verification. (I see possible implementations where i.d is not even needed. Just presence near and in range of a node)

They will come down hard on Elon now. We know who.

I see a middle path. The pivot of which is open sourced and libre hardware though. These past events have shown " the light coming through the wound" of microchip privacy.