Elon Musk buys and ruins Twitter

[BrianW]

The fact that someone (may be) good at business does not necessarily make them benign.

Example - I give you - Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

With uber-rich people in politics, you must at least consider the possibility that they are seeking their own advantage and an extension of the huge power their money already gives them.

 

[west didsblue]

Returning the thread to the subject of Musk, even the haters (more of that later) must see him as a remarkable man, given what he’s achieved is just staggering. Starlink, Space X, Tesla, PayPal. (I’ve omitted Twitter) People like Musk change the world and his achievements speak for themselves. Is he likeable…no - not especially; although we mostly see him through the lens of the media (we know from their treatment of City you don’t always get a fair shake from those fuckers). The likes of Musk will do more for Climate Change than a thousand Gretas or Ed Millibands. He is a natural disruptive force of nature - and those people bring about change. Essential - given we’re supposed to be in a crisis.
He’s managed to garner hatred from the Never-Trumpers, UK Labour supporters, the Nigel Faragists, the thousands he fired at Twitter, the many more thousands likely to be fired in the US “State”, the Trans lobby…it’s a long and varied list. Great Leaders, be they in politics, in thought-leadership, industry, business and commerce, science are very rarely “nice” people - if people see them as nice, it’s usually down to either effective PR or simply lack of knowledge. There may be exceptions but I’d say not many. Ghandhi for example was believed to be a paedophile; Mother Theresa’s now thought to be a bit of a twat.
I don’t agree with everything Musk says by a very long chalk, but I do support free speech (within the boundaries of the law) and SOME of the things he says, need to be said. I don’t think he really believes Jess Phillips should go to gaol, it’s just hyperbole. I’m not going to support Tommy Robinson because Musk thinks he’s a “political prisoner” either. I’m not going to vote or not vote for Nigel Farage because of anything Musk says.
But I’m not a hater and I am in awe of his achievements, especially in space travel where he’s achieved so much in such a short time. Almost as much as the collection of Nazis (potentially-War Criminals) rounded up by the Yanks after the war and spirited them away to kick-start their space program.

I hate the ****. His greatest achievements with Tesla and SpaceX was extracting billions of dollars worth of government grants that enabled smart people who worked for him to achieve great things. Whatever the achievements of his companies are, the fact that he spends his time trying to undermine democratic governments he doesn’t like using a platform he bought for this very purpose makes him a dangerous sociopath.

Unfortunately his unlimited wealth gives him the power to do whatever the fuck he wants with no personal consequences, and he clearly loves exercising that power. The only reason I can see that he does it is because it gives him a buzz knowing that no one can stop him.

 

[tweety]

What Musk has done is to call out the British government/establishment for the disgraceful cover up of the Pakistani rape gangs. Multiple people have tried in the past and got nowhere, usually at significant cost to themselves. For that I applaud him.
I don't want him interfering in our politics and Farage is right in telling him to foxtrot oscar.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

What Musk has done is to call out the British government/establishment for the disgraceful cover up of the Pakistani rape gangs. Multiple people have tried in the past and got nowhere, usually at significant cost to themselves. For that I applaud him.
I don't want him interfering in our politics and Farage is right in telling him to foxtrot oscar.

You do realise that your two paragraphs are in direct and complete contradiction of one another?

 

[tweety]

You do realise that your two paragraphs are in direct and complete contradiction of one another?

So you're in favour of continuing the cover up, give your head a wobble.this is a case of law and not politics.

 

[ballbag]

He will know fuck all about the grooming gang scandal. He won't give a shit about the victims of it (some of whom I know of and their families). He just wants to rock the boat.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

So you're in favour of continuing the cover up, give your head a wobble.this is a case of law and not politics.

Nice rhetorical style. When did you stop beating your wife?

 

[BrianW]

Why the focus on this particular group of paedos? Why not, for example, the churches and the public schools?

No racism is involved, obviously.

I despise all paedos, irrespective of skin colour. And I wouldn't mind much if they were all strung up. But let's be consistent across the piece.

 

[tweety]

He will know fuck all about the grooming gang scandal. He won't give a shit about the victims of it (some of whom I know of and their families). He just wants to rock the boat.

Whatever his motives it's out in the open now and probably the most talked about subject in the country. It'll be impossible for the government to hide from it's responsibilities. I don't care that he rocked the fucking boat.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Whatever his motives it's out in the open now and probably the most talked about subject in the country. It'll be impossible for the government to hide from it's responsibilities. I don't care that he rocked the fucking boat.

What exactly do you want to happen? There’s been an inquiry and there’s another one ongoing?