Musk Acquires Twitter

[PurpnGold]

@Guilds

@PurpnGold

Huh?

Some feel that Twitter, FB or other social media companies are the “new public square”.
They are not. They are run by for profit companies.

There are many places on the web, where one can say anything want, with no filters, no moderators, no rules.

Turns out, most people do not go to those types of sites, for a variety of reasons But they are available.

This is just more victimhood whining by cons.

It’s weird.

There are literally a thousand more ways to communicate today than there was in 1970. Not only that but almost all of them are free to use (once you get access to the internet, which may or may not be free)

We have never had freer speech than we have today.

[Samson_Corwell]

@zantax

@Samson_Corwell

@TheRedComet

To be fair, Ford and GM wouldn’t be entering the EV market without Tesla.

Someone had to take the risk to create the market. Musk took that risk.

Every EV supporter (like myself) owes him that.

Now with that said, I hope the Big Detroit 3, the Germans, and the Japanese automakers bury him in the market he created. Or at least get Tesla to greatly improve their products. But preferably bury him and Tesla. Because outside of the range and power their cars suck.

Tesla deserves the credit for doing what Republicans said would never happen. They made electric cars sexy.

That said, Tesla is overvalued. I can understand how Amazon and Apple are worth as much as they are—Amazon being about retail, the core of commerce, and Apple being Apple—whereas Tesla is worth too much being just a car company.

The funny part is, Tesla has a worse ESG score than Lockheed Martin. Tells you all you need to know about it’s validity.

His wealth will come crashing down at some point.

Was Standard Oil undervalued?

[DougBH]

Elon Musk just stated that the big celebrities rarely post to Twitter and then posed the question “Is Twitter dying”. Ok, who just pays a fortune for part of a company and immediately starts running it down? This says “manipulating stock price” all over it.

[Guntsu]

Elon loves to manipulate the market he has been doing this for a minute now.

[FloridaYankee]

@zantax

@floydefisher

Obviously, nobody ever saw Musk on Joe Rogan.

So taking a few puffs of a joint makes you drugged out? lol

It does me​:rofl:

Super low tolerance here.

[FloridaYankee]

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@zantax

@Jezcoe

@Rodeo

Bookface screw tube google and tweeter should not be the arbitrators of what we do and do not have the right to know.
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You don’t have to use those services that they provide for free.

They don’t provide anything for free, if you aren’t paying, you are the product.

Exactly…social media companies market their users as their products. They have developed massive influence…almost everyone is on social media. That’s how zuckerburg and they guy with the weird beard at Twitter got rich.

The reality despite the naive childish statement you responded to is that those big tech monopolies have become primary information sources for millions of people. When they engage in censorship what’s to be done? Break them up??? Like I said I see the problem I just don’t know the answer.

Facebook could decide tomorrow that conservative voices would be completely censored and no law exists to stop them. Or or private entities.

[zantax]

[quote=“FloridaYankee, post:149, topic:241754, full:true”]

@Rodeo

@zantax

@Jezcoe

@Rodeo

Bookface screw tube google and tweeter should not be the arbitrators of what we do and do not have the right to know.
[/quote]

You don’t have to use those services that they provide for free.

They don’t provide anything for free, if you aren’t paying, you are the product.

Exactly…social media companies market their users as their products. They have developed massive influence…almost everyone is on social media. That’s how zuckerburg and they guy with the weird beard at Twitter got rich.

The reality despite the naive childish statement you responded to is that those big tech monopolies have become primary information sources for millions of people. When they engage in censorship what’s to be done? Break them up??? Like I said I see the problem I just don’t know the answer.

Facebook could decide tomorrow that conservative voices would be completely censored and no law exists to stop them. Or or private entities.

That’s what legislatures are for.

[FloridaYankee]

@zantax

That’s what legislatures are for.

Passing unconstitutional laws? I don’t think so…

[Jezcoe]

Musk is not joining the board… so … I guess it was all bluster

[Piper]

@zantax

The funny part is, Tesla has a worse ESG score than Lockheed Martin. Tells you all you need to know about it’s validity.

Leftists go for the outward appearance. That’s all they understand.

[NickN]

@Jezcoe

Musk is not joining the board… so … I guess it was all bluster

Seems like hostile takeover now possible; could it turn out to be Musk’s possible master plan all along???

Elon Musk's U-turn on joining Twitter's board means he's left the door open...

[zantax]

@FloridaYankee

@zantax

That’s what legislatures are for.

Passing unconstitutional laws? I don’t think so…

Nothing unconstitutional about deeming a service a common carrier, it has passed court challenges many times.

[FloridaYankee]

@zantax

@FloridaYankee

@zantax

That’s what legislatures are for.

Passing unconstitutional laws? I don’t think so…

Nothing unconstitutional about deeming a service a common carrier, it has passed court challenges many times.

Sure, let’s let the govt decide what is acceptable speech.

[GrandWazoo]

@Piper

She even lied and said he didn’t pay taxes.

Her comment was based on this article.

The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the...

The article stated that in 2018 Musk paid no personal taxes.

[zantax]

@FloridaYankee

@zantax

@FloridaYankee

@zantax

That’s what legislatures are for.

Passing unconstitutional laws? I don’t think so…

Nothing unconstitutional about deeming a service a common carrier, it has passed court challenges many times.

Sure, let’s let the govt decide what is acceptable speech.

At least you get access to the courts to adjudicate it. There is no redress when Twitter bans your speech.

[zantax]

@GrandWazoo

@Piper

She even lied and said he didn’t pay taxes.

Her comment was based on this article.

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax

The article stated that in 2018 Musk paid no personal taxes.

Then he likely earned nothing.

[FloridaYankee]

@zantax

@FloridaYankee

@zantax

@FloridaYankee

@zantax

That’s what legislatures are for.

Passing unconstitutional laws? I don’t think so…

Nothing unconstitutional about deeming a service a common carrier, it has passed court challenges many times.

Sure, let’s let the govt decide what is acceptable speech.

At least you get access to the courts to adjudicate it. There is no redress when Twitter bans your speech.

No, you cannot rationalize that one away.

[zantax]

@FloridaYankee

@zantax

@FloridaYankee

@zantax

@FloridaYankee

@zantax

That’s what legislatures are for.

Passing unconstitutional laws? I don’t think so…

Nothing unconstitutional about deeming a service a common carrier, it has passed court challenges many times.

Sure, let’s let the govt decide what is acceptable speech.

At least you get access to the courts to adjudicate it. There is no redress when Twitter bans your speech.

No, you cannot rationalize that one away.

It’s not my party flagging posts for companies to delete, that would be the Biden admin.

[TheDoctorIsIn]

@FloridaYankee

No, you cannot rationalize that one away.

The funny part is, I saw that same argument on twitter a few days ago. I forgot who made it.

[WuWei]

@GrandWazoo

The article stated that in 2018 Musk paid no personal taxes.