Re Twitter, Elon Musk
It's downright hilarious watching right wingers convince themselves that liberals or left leaning people hate Elon Musk. I would venture to say that most liberals on Twitter are not super observers of politics like I would be. They like Elon Musk in the same way they like the Kardashians. There's always something fascinating about the rich and famous that they can't keep their eyes off of.
They seem to have somehow convince themselves that Elon Musk is a champion of the right, Trump will get his Twitter account back, and how the right will take over woke liberal Twitter. They are cheering on a guy who doesn't give a single fuck about their right wing bullshit.
Elon Musk is for Elon Musk. Elon Musk wants the world to exist according to his vision. He doesn't care about Democrats or Republicans, and these petty political squabbles between the Parties. He cares about Elon Musk. He's not buying Twitter to "own the libs." Elon Musk couldn't give any less of a shit about "owning the libs."
Elon Musk isn't buying Twiter so that Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene can get their Twitter accounts back so that they can back-to-back dunk on "the libs." Elon Musk is buying Twitter for Elon Musk's benefit.
I don't believe Elon Musk cares about who has a Twitter, and that's the issue. He just doesn't give a fuck. He doesn't care if Trump says crazy shit. He doesn't care what stupid stuff is being shared. He doesn't care about Marjorie Taylor Greene's Jewish space lasers. Elon Musk wants people to be free to be their stupid, crazy, idiotic, conspiracy theorist, paranoid, nonsensical selves on Twitter if they so choose.
He's not trying to protect their nonexistent free speech rights on Twitter or protect their right wing bullshit. However, if they want to peddle their bullshit and conspiracies, he won't stop them. He doesn't care enough to stop them. He doesn't care enough to monitor content on the site.
He's doing it because he has a wild wild west vision of how Twitter should be run and he wants to implement that vision. It's not right wing view or a left wing view. It's a selfish Elon Musk view.
In my experience, people with significant wealth who can literally do almost anything tend to think they should be above "petty" restrictions. People with wealth have that luxury of fighting restrictions or limits they don't like in a way that regular people don't (a luxury like being able to buy a company for $43 billion to fight content moderation). I don't believe his goal is not to advance some massive right wing agenda. His goal is purely selfish. Elon Musk thinks he should not be restricted or moderated in any way possible. He thinks he should be able to do anything or pursue any venture with no limits or watchdogs. That's the way he moves through the world and that's how he will likely operate Twitter. As a result, that may mean Trump getting his Twitter back and no content moderation.
Let them believe their own bullshit about how Elon Musk will turn "woke" Twitter into a conservative bastion of RWNJ voices. Let them cheer at this nothing of a "win." Elon Musk doesn't give a fuck about any of that. It's a social media platform will most likely operate largely the same as it has been before to the end user.
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