Elon Musk was never a liberal, and his plans for Twitter were never benevolent
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/21/elon-musk-liberal-twitter-plans-benevolent
Elon Musk was never a liberal, and his plans for Twitter were never benevolent

Tech barons’ lip-service to democracy and pluralism was always conditional on preserving their own positions at the top

The Guardian
@msbrumfield fascinating read. Thanks for sharing. This jumped out at me for its Insight: “Musk believes that the world works best if people like him are in charge and get to do as they please, unhampered by regulations or demands for equality – because their interests ought to be the same as humanity’s. It’s an inherently anti-democratic worldview that tracks very well with the reactionary idea that the world should be run by wealthy white men.” Explains everything everywhere all the time.
@kathay Well he certainly feels like he has the right to do whatever he wants and the rules of ordinary decency and propriety don't apply to him.