10/28/22 John Robb on the Geopolitical Ramifications of Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 989 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2022

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Scott talks with John Robb about the major consequences of Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter. Robb has written about how the internet created a global geopolitical environment determined chiefly by the network effect. Notably, the hysteria surrounding the war in Ukraine is brought about by this network effect in both a top-down and bottom-up fashion. It seems that Musk intends to end the top-down suppression of dissent against the NATO narrative of the war. Scott and Robb discuss possible consequences and examine the broader effect this network has on American politics and foreign policy. Discussed on the show: Global Guerillas Apocalypse Now Hate Inc by Matt Taibbi John Robb is a former special operator who now writes the Global Guerrillas Report which examines the world at the intersection of war, technology and politics. Follow him on Twitter @johnrobb This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and Thc Hemp Spot. Get Scott’s interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:16.3	All right you guys on the line I've got John Rob and he writes on
1:20.3	sub stack at Global Gorillas. He's a former Special Operations
1:25.4	Commander and I think I read Delta and Seal? Yeah no it was a tier
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