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BootinUp

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2. I don't know why people don't think there is a plan. Pretty sure its a bad one

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Thu Dec 15, 2022, 10:59 PM

Dec 2022

but he isn't just doing this because of his ego. He figures he can affect the makeup of the US government by changing the social media rules and thereby unleash his companies and wealth from government regulation, taxation, etc. He also wants to affect foreign policy.

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Wow. So Apartheid Elon did it. He killed a major social media platform [View all] Roland99 Dec 2022 OP

More because it was too left-leaning for his taste. BWdem4life Dec 2022 #1

It was definitely a political hit job. No question about that. Initech Dec 2022 #13

I don't know why people don't think there is a plan. Pretty sure its a bad one BootinUp Dec 2022 #2

Because he's a larger malignant narcissist than even TFG Roland99 Dec 2022 #3

Which is a feat I never thought possible Mad_Machine76 Dec 2022 #14

Yes I think his plan was along the lines you describe. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #4

Then His Plan Is Fantasy ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #5

Don't think he had a plan, that's why he tried to get out of the deal. tinrobot Dec 2022 #9

muskRatFucker is Mutilating Cha Dec 2022 #6

I don't think its dead. former9thward Dec 2022 #7

Yes. I don't know about the finances of it, but it seems quite active ismnotwasm Dec 2022 #18

Twitter is a tiny little splinter compared to the United States government for crying out loud Walleye Dec 2022 #8

I think this is Eloon's version of GenThePerservering Dec 2022 #10

+1 leftstreet Dec 2022 #11

#this Roland99 Dec 2022 #12

Actually, it's the opposite- Twitter hit an all time high in posts womanofthehills Dec 2022 #15

lol that means nothing obamanut2012 Dec 2022 #16

thats becasue people like watching a train wreck moonshinegnomie Dec 2022 #17

And how many from the bots and Elon stans? Roland99 Dec 2022 #19