The Reign of King Elon Musk Begins at Twitter

<p>On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard &nbsp;Wolff discuss how Elon Musk became the new owner of Twitter. The &nbsp;widely-hated billionaire immediately began to prepare layoffs, &nbsp;reportedly starting with the mass firing of a quarter of all &nbsp;employees at the company. Under the dictatorship of the rich, one of &nbsp;the main ways that people in society communicate with each other can &nbsp;become the private possession of a single ultra-wealthy capitalist.</p> <p>Professor Richard Wolff is an author &amp; co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at <a href="http://rdwolff.com/" target="_blank">rdwolff.com</a>.</p> <p>Please make an urgently-needed contribution to The Socialist Program by joining our Patreon community at<a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpatreon.com%2Fthesocialistprogram&amp;token=e7ced1-1-1660206223585"> <u>patreon.com/thesocialistprogram</u></a>. We rely on the generous support of our listeners to keep bringing you consistent, high-quality shows. All Patreon donors of $5 a month or more are invited to join the monthly Q&amp;A seminar with Brian.</p>