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Jon M's avatar

I often wonder if these people ask themselves a simple question. Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, with a stated goal of making humanity interplanetary is wasting his precious time trying to make government more efficient. Why would he be doing this if he didn't think it was important. Right now the federal government adds $1T of new debt every 100 days, at what point does it become an emergency that we should all hope to be fixed.

They also forget that if not for the judge in delaware, who forced him to complete the twitter purchase. The same judge who also tried to take away his Tesla pay package, last year. Elon probably would've moved on to other things by now. It's their comeuppance for trying to punish a man who has singular focus and is unrelenting when he puts his mind to it.

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The Wright Stuff's avatar

Seems like you drank the Kool-Aide. He’s a big hypocrite. He immediately started to deplatform anyone who crossed him, including, very ironically, Matt Taibbi. And then there were journalists whose accounts were closed simply for criticizing Musk or because he dislikes their politics. And he gave the green light to China and India to censor their critics. Meet the new boss, much worse than the old!

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BookWench's avatar

All major social media platforms allow the nations in which they operate to dictate the censorship rules. While I do not view Elon as a "free speech absolutist," he did shake up the system a bit by allowing some previously silenced voices back on X. Unfortunately, he is still banning, or suspending people with whom he disagrees.

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The Wright Stuff's avatar

Thanks for the clarification. But I would say he didn’t shake up the system a bit, he bought the damn system. And he has an agenda and is a vindictive man who thinks the rules of mere mortals don’t apply to him. This just in, Elon’s company ready to bag $400 million contract from State Dept.

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