EarthOne
I don't know who needs to hear this, but for all the people I see commenting on Elon losing money: his goal is to run Twitter into the dirt. Money is no object. He has oil and gas oligarchs and totalitarian backers, foreign enemies to democracy, who have $trillions to spend. Never doubt $44 billion to end American free speech is a bargain. The Fourth Estate is key to democracy.
#twitterpurge #journalists
Dec 16, 2022 at 7:05amWeb
Show threadThe Mïghty KräckenDec 16, 2022
@EarthOne Twitter is not synonymous with American free speech. It never was.
Show threadEarthOneDec 17, 2022
@Klaxun I understand that, but all the journalists, govt. agencies, and news media that post there are, and that's what we're losing: a major collection of news sources distributing info 24/7. Also the ability to debate and analyze with a variety of people around the world. Rebuilding a comparable public network of resources is going to take time. But we'll do it.
Show threadTarrachalDec 16, 2022
@EarthOne Kind of disagree. Dude's selling stock in Tesla again.
I know it pales in comparison to what he has but dude is hemorrhaging money from all of his interests. He may not be in trouble but he's feeling this cut and going deeper anyways.
Show threadEarthOneDec 17, 2022

@Tarrachal Ask yourself this: if you had $200 billion, US govt. contracts for billions to run SpaceX, which won't be shutting down as we've acceded space station transit and satellite launches to that co., financial backing of Saudi and money-laundering oligarchs to buy Twitter...would you and your investors consider $44 billion to gain major political protection a loss?

$44 billion for a corrupt GOP president is a bargain. Ask Putin.

Show threadBirdsWorkForTheBourgeoisieDec 16, 2022
@EarthOne he’s tanning Tesla stock with it too.
Show threadEarthOneDec 17, 2022
@birdsarentreal I don't think he's worried. His Davos investors swim in an ocean of money.
Show threadOld Man MikeDec 18, 2022
@EarthOne i’ve been saying that for weeks on Twitter it was always the plan. I can’t even search my account for tweets anymore they fucked it up somehow
Show threadEarthOneDec 19, 2022
@oldmanmike I quit a few months ago when the deal-in-progress was announced, so I'm missing the breakdown from the user perspective, but I do read a few news-based accounts there and can see it's a huge mess. Yesterday accounts were being hacked and users locked out of them. Maybe firing the security team wasn't a good idea after all?