> he knew to over pay for Twitter so he could use it to help swing elections and put himself in political power. I currently believe this was accidental on hi

> he knew to over pay for Twitter so he could use it to help swing elections and put himself in political power. I currently believe this was accidental on his part, that he was manoeuvred into overpaying by the previous owners. Nevertheless, I would still count Musk as "intelligent". Not as intelligent as his boosters like to claim (obviously, given the boosters treat him as a god amongst men), but intelligent. > You'd think standing on a dais and thinking you're Hitler reincarnate would have been enough to make tax-payers rise up; clearly not. Well, they literally did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Tesla_vandalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Tesla_vandalism