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Twitter as a City-State

The Argument for Democracy in Cyberspace

Apr 30, 2022 · 7 min readUpdated Jul 8, 2026

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Epistemic status: wildly speculative

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Is Twitter a regular company? Or is it, as Jack Dorsey and many others believe, more like a public utility?

jack⚡️@jackReplying to @jackThe idea and service is all that matters to me, and I will do whatever it takes to protect both. Twitter as a company has always been my sole issue and my biggest regret. It has been owned by Wall Street and the ad model. Taking it back from Wall Street is the correct first step.April 25th 2022, 9:03pm EST5k Retweets34k Likes

jack⚡️@jackReplying to @jackIn principle, I don’t believe anyone should own or run Twitter. It wants to be a public good at a protocol level, not a company. Solving for the problem of it being a company however, Elon is the singular solution I trust. I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness.April 25th 2022, 9:03pm EST11k Retweets76k Likes

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