Post APZtw9BJsHtfCuiE5o by doctorobvious@mastodon.sdf.org
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 (DIR) Post #APZr5hqs2cmFTk0w0O by doctorobvious@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-11-13T23:53:10Z
       
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       I said this on Twitter for those who are wondering about the endgame for that platform and I have some thoughts:Twitter won’t die. The people who financed Elon, namely the Saudis and Russian oligarchs, will “agree” to take Twitter off of Musk’s hands.After that, Twitter will become a megaphone for the worst authoritarians on earth. It won’t have to make a dime because it will be a valuable tool for brainwashing the west.That’s my prediction, anyway, and I’d rather be wrong. Time will tell.
       
 (DIR) Post #APZr5iVHcN6TV4vCzo by Ricardus@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-11-14T00:15:03Z
       
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       @doctorobvious Works better if they just do it while he still has ownership.And here all I thought he wanted to do was to be able to manipulate stock prices in real time.
       
 (DIR) Post #APZtw9BJsHtfCuiE5o by doctorobvious@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-11-14T00:46:57Z
       
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       @Ricardus I don't think Musk had a plan. His ego caused him to assume he'd just come up with some magic solution. But he has one billion dollars a year in interest payments now and Twitter is hemmoraging money.So basically those creditors already own Twitter in most ways but name.
       
 (DIR) Post #APZvIjLaC001hJqT8i by Ricardus@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-11-14T01:02:14Z
       
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       @doctorobvious He may not hav had it all figured out but I wasn't kidding. I think he bought twitter to be able to post things, and have friends who matter post things about stocks and the economy, to manipulate the market.
       
 (DIR) Post #APZvOz4edJ08DAuQca by doctorobvious@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-11-14T01:03:22Z
       
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       @Ricardus That is certainly a reasonable hypothesis!
       
 (DIR) Post #APZvUj6kuKD8Qmd8K0 by Ricardus@mastodon.sdf.org
       2022-11-14T01:04:24Z
       
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       @doctorobvious And since rich people can kill people on 5th avenue in this country and suffer no consequences, the FTC will do nothing if and when it happens.