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[–] sub_@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, totally expecting that. His aim of buying twitter, is to prop up a republican presidential candidate / authoritarians in other countries that can help him evade taxes and get more subsidies.

[–] bird@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Let’s not forget it started as a meme and his hand was forced.

[–] wade@fedia.io 7 points 1 year ago

It was forced but he sourced a good bit of the money from the Saudi princes, so...

[–] NattyNatty2x4@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Yea Musk is a trust fund baby with a talent in marketing. He tried to pump and dump Twitter stock and take a chunk of his money out of Tesla stock to diversify, without causing a dip in Tesla's stock. He's done this before with shit like dogecoin. Him having to buy Twitter was him fucking up understanding what laws are actually enforced, and anyone thinking he's been playing 24D chess has bought into his hype.

The dude's just a toddler with alt-right morals and too much money.