But hey, the site is still running. So, success.
Just imagine the voice:
"It’s not a tax, folks—no, no, the fake news will say that, but it’s not a tax. It’s a beautiful, tremendous investment in our great government, the best government in the world—people are saying it. And look, some very smart people, the best people, they tell me, ‘Sir, this is how we build a stronger economy,’ and I say, ‘You know what? You’re right!’ Because let’s be honest, negative interest—some people don’t get it, but I get it—it’s a winning deal, okay?"
(No, not a real quote).
Like the discussions on there look like something out of 4chan these days.
A generous interpretation might be that Elon thought that re-enabling public discussion in certain verboten topics is important enough to light a big wad of cash on fire.
It’s not hard to predict that letting people talk about those things openly will scare off a lot of people. I would be surprised if he is surprised.
Like, quite obviously the best thing he could do for profit is to shut up and quit talking publicly about politics.
I believe that people are actually making real world Tesla purchasing decisions based on his public persona, and this could have a major impact on Tesla and likely already is. Not to mention public support for and excitement about SpaceX seeming to be below what it used to be despite continued advances on their part technically.
I don’t think it’s completely crazy to suspect he’s controlled opposition or something like that, but the idea that he is doing what he is doing for money is ridiculous in the original severity of the word.
What that really shows is the quality of engineering before Musk took over. Many of the changes since Musk have been buggy and/or have to be rolled back. Twitters future is really what Musk sold to save money in the short term. Of course none of that may matter since he’s POTUS and bribery/corruption is the new law of the land.
more like, I'm the co-presidennt of the United States. So, success.