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One might say that Elon's acquisition of Twitter is the ultimate manifestation of this.
by John23832 7mo ago
One might say that Elon's acquisition of Twitter is the ultimate manifestation of this.
- delichon 7mo agoYou don't think he was aware of the potential to leverage Twitter to elect a friendly president and alleviate his severe regulatory challenges? That part was just a happy accident?
- rf15 7mo agoWe all know why he did it: because people wrote on and listened to twitter a lot, and he didn't like what they said. He wanted to control the conversation that was unfavourable to him.
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- whamlastxmas 7mo agoHe wanted to control the conversation by... buying twitter and removing nearly all existing controls of conversation? How quickly we forget how censored twitter was before he bought it
- overfeed 7mo ago> He wanted to control the conversation that was unfavourable to him. Same thing Thiel is doing for political control: attempting to inherit the religious right from MAGA -perhaps on behalf of hos protegé. Thiel's plans will likely outlive the movement's leader and/or go beyond 2028, it's a race against time to establish his bona fides while the sun shines
- tim-tday 7mo ago^ that was always my impression
- John23832 7mo agoI do, but think that that's orthogonal from the constant positive affirmations to all of his random thoughts. That's a sensation bought.
- cwillu 7mo agoAre we forgetting the part where he bought twitter because of a joke, got sued over it for manipulating twitter's stock price, tried to buy his way out by buying twitter, realized it would cost too much money and tried to back out, got sued again and finally was more or less forced to follow through on the purchase? Are these the actions of a man following a well thought out plan to elect a president?
- whamlastxmas 7mo agoOf course a conversation about Peter Thiel and the Vatican has someone finding a way to mention Elon