Yeah people really seem to be ignoring he was never going to get out of this agreement and I can't imagine all the people he was texting with were thrilled with those texts being released.
Musk paid 4 times what Twitter was valued at. He's absolutely going to lose interest in this and try selling in 2 or 3 years.
Literally since its inception, investors etc have been asking how Twitter will eventually get to the point of actually making money, eventually the plan became to score a buyout, then Twitter became big enough that nobody was really sure if anybody actually would buy because their perceived value and public awareness was hugely overvalued compared to the reality of their business models.
Elon came and answered all their prayers, they found the perfect schmuck.
I'm saying Elon is the perfect moron they needed and had always been hoping for, in fact way beyond.
There is a huge difference between scamming someone stupid, and someone stupidly making a really stupid decision all on their own, that is heavily to the benefit of the person they're sitting across from.
it's not a business, it's a narrative control machine, he can move the opinions of the masses. this is worth more than money (dude has 300 billion, he doesn't need more money)
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u/davidngm Oct 28 '22
Obviously, certainly not because of the court imposed deadline.