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> Perhaps he bought it because he's interested its capacity to shape (dare I say manipulate) public discourse, which he's utilized heavily, and may have taken u
by krainboltgreene 4y ago
> Perhaps he bought it because he's interested its capacity to shape (dare I say manipulate) public discourse, which he's utilized heavily, and may have taken umbrage when that was limited in any way.
So interested he tried to get out of it multiple times.
- wwweston 4y agoAny potential displays of buyer's regret are ultimately framed by the much more weighty evidence that he made an offer in the first place. Certainly no one forced him to do that. "He didn't really want it" just doesn't fly given that context. We don't know why he indicated at some points he wanted to back out. Maybe he just thought he could renegotiate a better deal. Maybe he really did have second thoughts about whatever his reasons were for making the offer in the first place. But he was, at some point, at least $44B or on the order of "one fifth his net worth" interested. Which seems pretty interested to me.