Buying Twitter made Musk "king of the sandbox," allowing him to promote free speech, but not at the cost of his own ego.
  • Elon Musk purchased shares of Twitter after unsuccessfully petitioning the CEO to remove a Twitter account tracking his private jet.
  • Musk’s personal gripes played a key role in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
  • Musk banned the account after promising not to, highlighting his prioritization of getting his way over free speech.

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  • ares35@kbin.social
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    5 months ago

    it had to be politically motivated. even elon must be smart enough to know that kicking the kid off twitter wouldn’t stop the tracking of his plane… which is still readily available via multiple sources. he could have been dumb enough to spend $billions just to steal the @x handle though.