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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  • NeatoEnglish
    32•5 months ago

    Ah so Musk was trying to increase his profits super publicly and super illegally.

    • @Red_October@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31•5 months ago

      I honestly don’t think he was TRYING to do anything but shitpost. It didn’t look like a well thought out plan, it looked like an idiot talking out of his ass and realizing that his memes were also crimes.

      • powerageEnglish
        10•5 months ago

        Elon is the kinda guy to put the meme before the horse

        Or however that goes