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At this point it seems far more likely he was scared of discovery and penalties in the Twitter lawsuit over him trying to back out of the deal. Not sure why.
by MBCook 4y ago
At this point it seems far more likely he was scared of discovery and penalties in the Twitter lawsuit over him trying to back out of the deal.
Not sure why. He’s lost SO MUCH MONEY and reputation seems like he’d have been better off not going through with the purchase.
- watwut 4y agoMostly, possibly. But a lot hinges on what exactly would discovery found. We do not know what was there.
- MBCook 4y agoNope. But he seemed afraid if it, whatever it was. Maybe something that would lead to jail instead of financial losses? That would make sense I guess. The number everyone threw around was that $1 billion penalty he agreed to. People here on HN said it would never be that high. $1 billion seems cheap compared to what he’s lost by now. The only other explanation that makes sense to me is he was so far down the conspiracy rabbit hole he was willing to lose billions to prove an imaginary conspiracy because… it would make him more famous and popular? I’d love to know the truth of all of this some day.
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