Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/06/25/alex-jones-empire-crumbles-infowars-faces-shutdown-over-1-5-billion-debt.html
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Two obligatory gifs:
And:
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Your cash flow, on the other hand…
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He could move to Moscow and work for RT, and his earnings will be out of reach of the courts.
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I’m sure he’s considering that as an option if the alternative is spending the rest of his life in America wearing a barrel. He’s done a lot of damage that benefited Putin, so I’m sure he’d be welcome there.
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Putin’s gonna want his cut of the profits. And he knows how to treat treacherous fools who think they can put one over on Papa.
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Any news that makes Alex Jones cry must be good news.
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the saddest thing is that we still won’t be rid of him.
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i dunno. the whole point of consequences is not - in my opinion - punishment. it’s change.
we may not be free of fascism, racism, and conspiracy theories generally - but this can certainly reduce the reach jones has, and the harms he’s able to cause
so i think free or close to free of him is actually possible. and ending infowars seems like a giant step in that direction
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I can’t help but think the vacuum will be quickly filled. The money to be made is irresistibly astounding. Cleverer people with no scruples are ubiquitous.
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And if the entity that fills that vacuum airs similarly irresponsible content I hope that they are sued into oblivion too.
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This helps set the precedent that the money to be lost is astounding too. Hopefully that discourages behavior as egregious as Jones attacking the families of victims. And if not, like Brainspore says, hopefully the precedent can be repeated until it does.
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Bingo. There’s a reason Fox News stopped giving the pillow guy’s election conspiracy theories so much free airtime. Dangerous lies need to come with a cost.
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