Facebook embraces free speech: The masses win, the experts lose - Washington Examiner

The balance of power in the battle between the experts and the masses has been shifting starkly, even wildly, with the former losing and the latter gaining clout.

The most striking shift came this week on Tuesday , from a tech titan wearing an elbow-length sweater, a gold chain and a watch supposedly worth $ 900,000 , the proprietor of Meta and Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg .

Such severe risk aversion is in obvious tension with the daring and creativity of tech pioneers such as Zuckerberg and Elon Musk — and with the instincts of the masses, who are willing to make sacrifices for good cause but resent being lied to and denied the truth by experts who deem themselves their fellow citizens’ mental and moral superiors. “ Paradigm shift,” the Washington Post’s Jason Willick concludes. Let’s see if it sticks..