@Unixbigot @cstross

Let's not forget that the muskrat is in a totally different situation, however. He has PLENTY o' money to pay off the loansharks. He's enshittifying the birdsite just for funsies.

I still argue that it's performance art: he's providing an object lesson to people about why you shouldn't let important things get purchased and run by billionaires and he spent $44B to show how much he meant it.

And a bunch of people *still* haven't gotten the point.

@MPgh @stevendbrewer @Unixbigot @cstross I argue that M is considering twitter his command&control platform in the vision of getting independent from nation states (which basically means he’s a rogue oligarch trying to get from nation states to plutocracy)

Remember when he disabled starlink for Ukraine forces who made too much progress into Russian terrain—even though those were paid for by the US government, Ukraine and others? And seemed to stop after getting stern looks by the US government?

@MPgh also keep in mind that Musk is a Science Fiction fan. Do you know the sheer number of SF stories where a rich genius saves humanity by breaking out of the rules of the worlds nations?

I think that that’s where Musk comes from and where he wants to get to.

@stevendbrewer @Unixbigot @cstross