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[Twinequinox]

The ROI on this just rocketed to Mars.

 

[Kraz]

To a trillion the Zimbabwe.LOL

 

[jason10mm]

Somehow we've gone full circle and managed to convince conservatives to happily endorse billionaire rhetoricians masquerading as populists in order to help out their billionaire friends, all so we can dunk on gender pronouns together on twitter

There are GOOD billionaires, sometimes it takes a lot of personal wealth to achieve great things. When I'm a billionaire I intend to be as benevolent as possible

Hard to say that Musk is hurting humanity though. X functions basically as intended. SpaceX is amazing. Teslas, while not the environmentally best idea, are revolutionary in many ways. The Boring company, not so sure about that one. Starlink, will REVOLUTIONIZE communications, no doubt about that one. All them cell phone towers about to be obsolete and I bet in 10-15 years the internet of things will allow for distribution of highspeed wi-fi from a single sat receiver down through hundreds of devices to reach the deepest, darkest corners of the planet to become a ubiquitous service for everyone.

 

[AJUMP23]

Never been happier Musk bought Twitter. It had more engagement last night than ever.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

There are GOOD billionaires, sometimes it takes a lot of personal wealth to achieve great things. When I'm a billionaire I intend to be as benevolent as possible

Hard to say that Musk is hurting humanity though. X functions basically as intended. SpaceX is amazing. Teslas, while not the environmentally best idea, are revolutionary in many ways. The Boring company, not so sure about that one. Starlink, will REVOLUTIONIZE communications, no doubt about that one. All them cell phone towers about to be obsolete and I bet in 10-15 years the internet of things will allow for distribution of highspeed wi-fi from a single sat receiver down through hundreds of devices to reach the deepest, darkest corners of the planet to become a ubiquitous service

Well I hope he keeps on succeeding. We need people like him willing to take risks on technology and the fact that he triggers the right people is a plus for me

 

[MiguelItUp]

Never been happier Musk bought Twitter. It had more engagement last night than ever.

I just really wish something would be done about all the bots. It's gotten pretty bad. I also think they whole blocking change is such a weird call too considering there's little to no moderation there.

 

[Banjo64]

You can’t put a price on shaping the future of the United States of America and the world.

It’s been worth every penny, ten fold.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

I held off joining Twitter for...15 years? This summer was the first time I seriously engaged with it and finally set up an account.

There is a cavalcade of bullshit on it every day. But mixed in with all that bullshit are nuggets of truth that I had never and would never have seen otherwise. I am glad that a platform exists that trusts the individual enough to come to their own conclusions when presented with a surplus of information, instead of pre-filtering information down to suit a narrative and lead an audience to the "correct" conclusion.

 

[Madonis]

You can’t put a price on shaping the future of the United States of America and the world.

It’s been worth every penny, ten fold.

I'd say that's only a retroactive justification though. It wasn't part of his original intentions behind this whole deal, which is still rather questionable in terms of pure economics.

Of course, gaining power and influence can appear to justify many things in the moment, at least if you have no ethical or moral inhibitions.

A lot is going to depend on what he can actually achieve with said power and influence. Not what he promises, mind you, because his words and actions....aren't always equivalent to reality.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

I'd say that's only a retroactive justification though. It wasn't part of his original intentions behind this whole deal, which is still rather questionable in terms of pure economics.

Musk quotes from October 2022:

"The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner without resorting to violence."

"I didn't do it to make more money. I did it to try to help humanity, whom I love. And I do so with humility, recognizing that failure in pursuing this goal, despite our best efforts, is a very real possibility."

 

[dorkimoe]

Never been happier Musk bought Twitter. It had more engagement last night than ever.

those are bots

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

 

[Madonis]

Musk quotes from October 2022:

"The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner without resorting to violence."

"I didn't do it to make more money. I did it to try to help humanity, whom I love. And I do so with humility, recognizing that failure in pursuing this goal, despite our best efforts, is a very real possibility."

Based on his record between now and that...I don't believe him. It's nice enough as PR, I suppose. Yet he's clearly put his thumb on the scales, not just once but several times.

 

[Kacho]

Musk is an absolute legend.

 

[Valedix]

The musk glazing here is hilarious.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

The anti-Musk proselytizing in here is perplexing.

 

[Kacho]

Womp womp

 

[gow3isben]

Yeah lets be honest.

Genius move and brought him to dominance in a sector otherwise out of reach.

Worth the price.

 

[light2x]

Never been happier Musk bought Twitter. It had more engagement last night than ever.

He needs to buy Reddit and send it back to pre-pandemic levels of engagement. No bots, no shilling for Kamala or dems, keep politics out of non political subs and there's small chance it could be redeemed.

 

[YCoCg]

Theory is that by helping Trump get re-elected, he's dodged Dems incoming tax changes where he would've been down potentially $200 billion.

I still hate the guy and what he's done to the platform but I can't deny that's one hell of a gamble that paid off.

 

[DrFigs]

Wow a billionaire used his control of media and massive wealth to influence U.S. politics. genius stroke. no one's ever thought about doing this before.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Wow a billionaire used his control of media and massive wealth to influence U.S. politics. genius stroke. no one's ever thought about doing this before.

Something to be celebrated though!

(j/k)

 

[Gexxy1]

He made it better though. That's what counts. I'm sure he still has enough money to live in luxury for his next 1000+ lives.

Yes. Though that's a pretty low bar tbf

 

[Unknown Soldier]

 

[light2x]

Something to be celebrated though!

(j/k)

Doesn't matter if you or anyone celebrates it or not. There's nothing you can do about it.

 

[Kraz]

The musk glazing here is hilarious.

Cultists gonna cult.

 

[Irobot82]

The anti-Musk proselytizing in here is perplexing.

Cultists gonna cult.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

There are GOOD billionaires, sometimes it takes a lot of personal wealth to achieve great things. When I'm a billionaire I intend to be as benevolent as possible

Hard to say that Musk is hurting humanity though. X functions basically as intended. SpaceX is amazing. Teslas, while not the environmentally best idea, are revolutionary in many ways. The Boring company, not so sure about that one. Starlink, will REVOLUTIONIZE communications, no doubt about that one. All them cell phone towers about to be obsolete and I bet in 10-15 years the internet of things will allow for distribution of highspeed wi-fi from a single sat receiver down through hundreds of devices to reach the deepest, darkest corners of the planet to become a ubiquitous service for everyone.

You wrote a lot of words to basically say this

Spoiler

If this is too political mods please delete

 

[XXL]

Best money ever spent.

 

[Kacho]

You wrote a lot of words to basically say this

Spoiler

If this is too political mods please delete

As long as X remains as popular as it is Yang is 100% right. There is an interesting discussion to have, unfortunately this is not the place so I’ll leave it at that.

 

[YCoCg]

The one thing I do hope for Musk however is that he slows down his ketamin abuse, that stuff warps your mind and I honestly feel like most of the crazy shit he says is after he's snorted a few lines.

 

[FunkMiller]

As long as he strongarms/cajoles/bribes Trump into making it easier for more space exploration. Ultimately that'd be a greater long term good than most other shit.

 

[FunkMiller]

The musk glazing here is hilarious.

The anti-Musk proselytizing in here is perplexing.

Much like anything, Musk is neither wonderful nor satan. He is capable of some great shit, and equally capable of being a fucking twat. I hope his better angels win out over the coming few years now he is in such a huge position of power.

 

[12Goblins]

Not even sure what that means. Trump uses people in order to get what he wants, and discards them when they are no longer useful to him ie, banon, stone, barr, pence, etc. Why would musk be any different? It wasn't long ago Musk was saying that Trump needs to disappear and while Trump was calling Elon a bullshit artist. They are in cahoots now only because it is mutually beneficial. Now that Trump got what he wanted, you can bet he will make musk and bezos fight for those government contracts since both were willing to bend the knee.

 

[FunkMiller]

You wrote a lot of words to basically say this

I remember wincing at this when it got reported on. Weird/dumb move to shut out the main guy making electric cars, in favour of the dudes still making the petrol ones.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Doesn't matter if you or anyone celebrates it or not. There's nothing you can do about it.

I don’t really care that much.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

I remember wincing at this when it got reported on. Weird/dumb move to shut out the main guy making electric cars, in favour of the dudes still making the petrol ones.

Well, first of all he is one guy, dudes making petrol cars are many and overall they employ way more people. Also, more support for EVs means easier market for China, so in the end it will be Tesla, subsidised Chinese companies and nobody else. I don’t think it’s in the West interest to make authoritarian regime more powerful than it is.

 

[FunkMiller]

Well, first of all he is one guy, dudes making petrol cars are many and overall they employ way more people. Also, more support for EVs means easier market for China, so in the end it will be Tesla, subsidised Chinese companies and nobody else. I don’t think it’s in the West interest to make authoritarian regime more powerful than it is.

Biden literally didn't invite the main EV car guy to a summit about EV cars. I'll leave everyone to think about how the consequences of that have played out.

 

[GigaBowser]

The anti-Musk proselytizing in here is perplexing.

purple forum hahaha

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

The anti-Musk proselytizing in here is perplexing.

Seriously some of y’all can’t see beyond partisanship: you can support republicans and be a piece of shit and you can support democrats and be a piece of shit. Human shittyness is not partisan.

 

[Kraz]

As long as he strongarms/cajoles/bribes Trump into making it easier for more space exploration. Ultimately that'd be a greater long term good than most other shit.

Now that's the kind of friction that's just waiting for two personality cults to ignite.

Easier for space exploration? What's hindering it that could be changed?

 

[NickFire]

All those people who made fun of him for making twitter welcoming to free speech must be enjoying their crow this week.

 

[Pegasus Actual]

Guys u seriously think Musk and Twitter had anything to do with anything?

Don't you know that Threads has more monthly active users and we are not going back?!?!

SNAP INTO A SLIM JIM!

 

[Represent.]

This guy better stay far away from all politics. The shit was worth 50 billion when he bought it, it’s now worth 9. That’s all I need to know.

Stick to making stupid predictions, musk.

 

[Goalus]

This guy better stay far away from all politics. The shit was worth 50 billion when he bought it, it’s now worth 9. That’s all I need to know.

Stick to making stupid predictions, musk.

Au contraire.
Twitter turned out to be much more valuable for Elon than even 50 billion. In hindsight it was a genius move.

 

[YCoCg]

This guy better stay far away from all politics. The shit was worth 50 billion when he bought it, it’s now worth 9. That’s all I need to know.

Stick to making stupid predictions, musk.

Ha ha ha, no, that's the point, he's gonna be snorting ket all day and suggesting things to Trump non stop.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Aren't you excited, now Elon Musk bought a federal bureaucracy and gets to do the same thing that he did for Twitter!

 

[NickFire]

Aren't you excited, now Elon Musk bought a federal bureaucracy and gets to do the same thing that he did for Twitter!

I'm excited that twitter doesn't let a federal bureaucracy talk it into calling legitimate news sources disinformation while banning their story now.

 

[SF Kosmo]

I'm excited that twitter doesn't let a federal bureaucracy talk it into calling legitimate news sources disinformation while banning their story now.

Yep, no problem at all with just directly hawking policy to richest donor. This is fine, everything is fine. Wholesale, out-in-the-open corruption as a matter of policy is awesome and good. Even better if you sell it to aspie weirdos who read Mencius Moldbug and who literally want to break it and crash the economy.

 

[Pegasus Actual]