1. Twitter is the de facto “public square”.

2. Musk being on the board or not, and his actions re. Twitter in general, will have consequences, especially given that he has unlimited money.

3. Up until recently, the liberal-left was cheering for tech platforms exercising their sovereignty and censoring power: “if you don’t like it, build your own Twitter”. They’re having to eat crow. This has major implications for the future of the political debate on regulations/anti-trust etc.