Buying Twitter made Musk "king of the sandbox," allowing him to promote free speech, but not at the cost of his own ego.
  • Elon Musk purchased shares of Twitter after unsuccessfully petitioning the CEO to remove a Twitter account tracking his private jet.
  • Musk’s personal gripes played a key role in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
  • Musk banned the account after promising not to, highlighting his prioritization of getting his way over free speech.

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  • CALIGVLA@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    9 months ago

    They clearly stated

    food and freight to feed every human on Earth for a year

    It’s a shit load of money, but let’s be honest you need way more than that to feed everyone. If Musk decided to donate all of his fortune, then maybe that’d be true.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Musks fortune was only 340b at its peak, and the moment he tried to access 44b of it for Twitter it collapsed the price.

      Even 340b is still only $41 a year for everyone.