Elon vs Twitter update: Elon helped America win , Tesla stock through the roof

Weird theory/thread

 

@NewRoxFan faints

 

That is an interesting read, if nothing else. This part stood out to me:



Ironic that Twitter is so popular among Republicans whole at the same time it is believed to be biased against them.

The idea that Musk is buying Twitter and needling Democrats in the process is a way to gain more popularity with Republicans does not seem all that outlandish, actually.

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2022/05/...oyees-complain-about-life-without-censorship/

“There is No Clear Incentive”: Twitter Employees Complain About Life Without Censorship
by jonathanturley
May 1, 2022

There was a revealing “town hall” meeting of Twitter employees this week where they joined executives in open panic over what life would be like without their ability to censor others. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal attempted to calm the obvious angst that (perish the thought) free speech could return to Twitter.

As clearly distressed employees peppered him with questions, Agrawal admitted “Yes, we could have done things differently and better. I could have done things differently. I think about that a lot.” For civil libertarians, the vague admission left us cold. Agrawal spent his entire time as CEO as someone who dismissed or marginalized the very relevance of free speech values to the company.

Agrawal was asked early in his time as CEO how Twitter would balance its efforts to combat misinformation with wanting to “protect free speech as a core value” and to respect the First Amendment. He responded dismissively that the company is “not to be bound by the First Amendment” and will regulate content as “reflective of things that we believe lead to a healthier public conversation.” Agrawal said the company would “focus less on thinking about free speech” because “speech is easy on the internet. Most people can speak. Where our role is particularly emphasized is who can be heard.”

Twitter continued its biased censorship program, including bizarre suspensions of satirical sites and one site that re-posted liberals speaking about themselves.

What was striking was the attitude of employees that the actual owners of the company were out of line in seeking a return to a free speech corporate philosophy. Twitter has underperformed for years because it made its name synonymous with censorship. In the meeting, one employee declared “I’m tired of hearing about shareholder value and fiduciary duty. What are your honest thoughts about the very high likelihood that many employees will not have jobs after the deal closes?”

Another employee declared “The PR speak is not landing. They told us don’t leak and do a job you are proud of, but there is no clear incentive for employees to do this.”

There is an incentive, of course. It is called employment . . . even if you do not view restoring free speech to be a noble purpose.

By the way, Twitter employees were not the only ones having a meltdown. Over at Apple, an open letter addressed to company leadership objected that telling employees to return to work in-person was furthering white dominance and privilege at the company. The company had suggested a hybrid approach requiring workers to simply come in three days a week. That was met with outrage:

“Apple will likely always find people willing to work here, but … being in the office at least 3 fixed days of the week … will make Apple younger, whiter, more male-dominated, more neuro-normative, more able-bodied, in short, it will lead to privileges deciding who can work for Apple, not who’d be the best fit.”
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That is not likely to amount to a viable EEOC complaint even in the Biden Administration. If anything, the Apple policy is more accommodating than it is required to be. It could legally demand a simple return to work in accordance with the new CDC guidelines.​

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I was neutral about Musk buying Twitter but seeing my Tesla stocks the last few days I'm not happy about it.

 

Bro, wut

 

tl;dr "control"

 

also "Trump"

 

To fund this buy he sold 4.4 million Tesla shares from his OG haul which is taxed at a lower rate. From now to 2028 he can pick up 50.7 million in options. Maybe the market is too reactionary here?

 

Musk has stated he doesn't care for either party.

With Twitter and Palantir, he can use that enormous amount of data to feed whatever politician favors him.

 

Elon Musk wins lawsuit that could have cost him $13billion over Solar City, Judge rules that even if all the plaintiffs accusations were true, they had no case

I'll even give a dying company some help

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/27/tech/elon-musk-tesla-solarcity/index.html

Side note : the same judge is presiding over another case worth more than double that, so this one judge could save him more money than the entirety of his twitter purchase

 

Now he is a doctor too...

 

lol this guys trolling everyone...reminds me of that South Park episode featuring Kyle's dad.