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Greg Olear"Musk is either 1) so high on his own supply that he thinks all his ideas are amazing despite ample evidence to the contrary, 2) a useful idiot tasked by the hostile foreign powers who ponied up for the investment to blow Twitter to smithereens, or 3) engaged in a secret, real-life Brewster’s Millions mission to lose as much dough as possible in the shortest amount of time."
Brooqs@gregolear I really hadn't considered the third option until right now. Occam's razor.
The Buddha's Socks@gregolear he might be so imbued with himself that he believes those who want to tear twitter to smithereens when they tell him wow, genius idea
Ululem@gregolear Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.
BritScot@gregolear Greg is here!! My boyfriends back and you're gonna be in trouble..!
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Maureen LeFay@gregolear His adherence to Longevity says it all.
Patriotic Cats@gregolear. I’ll take the 1-2 combo.
Stacy Pinkston@gregolear woo woo friend!!!
World Citizen@gregolear I’m a small but active account on Twitter. I follow you there and I subscribe to your newsletter. I’d so appreciate a boost so I don’t get lost in the migration. Thank you for considering!! #twittermigration
Jeff Oster@gregolear Nice to see you here…
Prevail, indeed!
Prevail, indeed!
marie_cast🇺🇦@gregolear First toot, and it’s a great one! 
(I love those little blobcats!)
“Elon Musk:
Soulless husk.” 😁
@marie_cast I am getting the hang of this. Will take a while...
Alice@gregolear @marie_cast I’m a ways from understanding mastodon, but I’m here and learning. Nice to see old Twitter faces/sources.
marie_cast 
Dunjinn@gregolear @marie_cast so far I like it, I can share my blogs here without being bullied off the platform for being pro-democracy and anti-fraud
Lynda 
@gregolear Yay!
I’m glad you’re here!
I’m glad you’re here!
%70%61%75%6C@gregolear I think it's more that these people at the top of the food chain are incredibly out of touch with how the systems they invest in work. The most successful rich people seem to leave their technical people alone to do the real work.
Forsetti@gregolear
I'm here for all three.
I'm here for all three.
Jim PembrokeHanlon’s Razor: Never Attribute to Malice That Which is Adequately Explained by Stupidity
I think it's simpler than that. Elon Musk had issues with Twitter. All the fan boys convinced him to buy it. Believing his own press, he dived in without due diligence, couldn't get out of the deal.
Now, it's about monetising it, so he can flog it off asap.
Charles J Gervasi ⚡🛡️🥥@gregolear My guess, without having followed him closely, is #1.
Andrew Madkahta@gregolear On #3, no way he's going to catch up to Zuck.
Bianca@gregolear Or three all of the above plus Asperger’s and a bipolar disorder. Musk obviously didn’t have the self awareness that he was wildly unfit to run a “social” media company where people skills are required with both users and advertisers.
Matthew Rigdon@gregolear I think this was an elaborate scheme brought about by Peter Thiel to give Elon's fortune a haircut so he will no longer be the richest man.
Peter Thiel hates Musk. Musk is just too stupid to see it.
@gregolear I just joined this forum on Greg Palast’s suggestion. I loved your piece in 2020 (that I just read recently) about Dump’s connections to the mob over his entire career. It was a clear description of what I have always known as a political activist and native New Yorker, now living in western India. And, you cannot make that shit up…..thank you for all you do.
Nancy 🎄@gregolear It’s probably number two. Much like Louis DeJoy and the USPS.
Anita Larkens 
@gregolear
It's number 1
It's number 1
AssInNine@gregolear I made this meme today for someone else, but it seems to apply here as well.
#elonmusk #Twitter
#elonmusk #Twitter
Eidroegtaf@AssInNine @gregolear how dare you speak ill of the Supreme Leader!!!
@AssInNine @gregolear The Supreme Leader has been notified off this filth and the shit meme
@Lewis1892 @gregolear I'll be praying for God to heal his sphincter in a timely manner so he can Irish dance again.
One Dude. Opinions. All Mine.@gregolear one of my favorite Twitter follows...glad to have found you in the fediverse!
#twittermigration
#twittermigration
👀's Belle@gregolear You're here! Welcome to Mastodon.
Thornbill9@gregolear @thornbill9 I doubt he’s sacrificing that much money (control of Tesla) and pride being the source of such mockery just to take down the platform. Much like 45 he first got into the game as a joke, got in too deep and it became real. That being said his business partners (both foreign and domestic) would be happy to see the site destroyed
Jelaine 🥸@gregolear I've been convinced of Option 2 since the day he took over and went on his random firing spree. I think he's getting paid/tricked/blackmailed/younameit to burn the BirdSite to the ground.
Ken Carroll@Jelaine @gregolear having managed software centric organizations larger and smaller than twitter, i can assure you that everything he has done is quite perfectly precisely the wrong thing to do. I also believe option 2 is what’s happening.
@CrumlinFinglas @gregolear Thank you. Because nothing else makes sense. 😵💫
Alejandro Lozada@gregolear I say 2 + jacking up TSLA for profit 3 months ago.
BC253@gregolear I’m pretty sure it’s #2
jeSuisatire neindochohh ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷif their is something like a money dumpster fire lottery he definitely got it and at the same time it looks more like a wheel, and he spins it again and again ..
Grant 🇺🇦ArmUkraine🇺🇦@gregolear Indeed! Good to see you here, Greg :)
@gregolear :
Option (1) I suspect. This happens to many a tycoon who over stretched.
Option (1) I suspect. This happens to many a tycoon who over stretched.
Roh Ash@gregolear he is a classic narcissist megalomaniac
MasterDonn@gregolear ..or #4 (haven't made my mind up yet) if he's the real Man Who Fell to Earth, Bowie style 🤔
tlcesq@gregolear
option 3 prize goes to Kanye at the moment.
option 3 prize goes to Kanye at the moment.
Michael Labowicz@gregolear I like the useful idiot theory
Jeff Jachens
Malagasy Lisa@gregolear
I vote #3.
I vote #3.
Sunny@gregolear I think his goal is to ruin twitter. I think that money he put into it is not really a loss. If so, I would imagine he expects a gain from this somehow.
Dennis DiClaudio@gregolear #3 makes the most sense.
Suzanne Rush@gregolear I choose #2.
Anthony William - Will@gregolear I’m thinking 2.). And it’s not simply his investors, it’s tesla’s land lease arrangements with China. Every reason to appease them.
schoolingdiana@awn @gregolear Except those are being closed because he hasn’t complied with Chinese manufacturing and operations law. Additionally, there are 2 Chinese EV companies who not only make a better product but outsell Tesla by 3-1.
Paul@gregolear What he is not is a one trick pony regardless of outcomes or incomes.
@gregolear I vote for all 3 going on at the same time, given the evidence of our eyes.
Jamie Barraford@gregolear number 2 isn’t a far-flung conspiracy dive.