“Speech may be free, but in practice political speech is beyond the buying-power of the vast majority of citizens. It is no coincidence that social media has arisen in parallel with this development, offering the appearance of free speech but ensuring that the clamour of the crowd (or the occult working of the algorithm) muffles most of it.” #DavidTimoney #FromArseToElbow https://fromarsetoelbow.blogspot.com/2024/09/money-talks.html