We don't know for sure what he did or didn't get. It could be something tangible, or intangible, or both - how would we know? Who knows how much tax Musk saved

We don't know for sure what he did or didn't get. It could be something tangible, or intangible, or both - how would we know? Who knows how much tax Musk saved the .01% over the next ten years by crushing Twitter? It could literally be trillions. Handy crowd to owe you a favour. Billionaires have class consciousness, while most commenters here and elsewhere really don't. We all have more in common with the average homeless person than with Musk. The difference between a millionaire and a billionaire is about a billion dollars. And Musk is a billionaire hundreds of times over. So, assuming that he cares too much about his reputation or a small fraction of his money (again, he didn't even buy it with only his own money) to ever intentionally harm Twitter would be a mistake. Like I said, even if it helps prevent discussion of a wealth tax it could be worth the spend over the long run - though I'd bet there's more to it. It's a little too clumsy and obvious how he keeps trying to destroy the site while pretending to care about free speech.