Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims
Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims
gizmodo.com Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims
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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this is so astoundingly petty, it might just be true.
although i doubt that's the only reason he bought it, i wouldn't be surprised if it's a major factor that got him serious about buying it.
Information control
Infrastructure control. Transportation, communications, banking, etc. He's going after it all. I'll never touch anything he's even remotely involved in.
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