vox populi, vox Dei
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Musk started using the phrase “Vox populi, vox dei” to validate the verdicts of his own Twitter polls.
From Los Angeles Times
Thursday evening, after the votes were in, he tweeted a photo of a cake with the iced legend “Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” a Latin phrase meaning “the voice of the people is the voice of the gods,” and appending the comment, “Sending this cake to Delaware as a parting gift.”
From Los Angeles Times
In November of last year, Musk seemed to still be on board with this, saying a firm "No," to a user suggesting that Jones be reinstated, but after conducting a poll on Saturday to re-gauge general interest on whether or not the ban should remain in place, he's flipped the switch to restore Jones' account, doing his whole "Vox Populi, Vox Dei" thing when the results tallied up in Jones' favor by over 70%.
From Salon
“We have no interest in building a hotel in a community that doesn’t want us to be there. Vox populi, vox dei, right?”
From Los Angeles Times
Take Tau Lewis’s current batch of sculptures in her solo debut, “Vox Populi, Vox Dei, ” at 52 Walker.
From New York Times
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