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The Swamp can't allow Elon (and the public) to see exactly how much they control Twitter. To them, control over information is literally priceless.

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I really hope Elon pulls the trigger and buys Twitter. Please.

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“Twitter is considering a poison pill to thwart Elon Musk’s offer,” Cameron Winklevoss correctly predicted adoption of a “poison pill” yesterday. “They would rather self-immolate than give up their censorship programs. This shows you how deeply committed they are to Orwellian control of the narratives and global discourse. Scary,” he added.

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Shareholders of Twitter should jump at Elon’s offer. Now, it has been validated that it never has been about shareholder value but a mouthpiece for control freaks.

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I was playing the song “Free Bird” really loud as I read this for full theatrical effect.

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How much damage has Twitter done to its shareholders with this poison pill strategy by diluting value? Especially if Elon just walks away at this point.

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Considering Elon is in with the The World Economic Forum, what makes anyone think that Elon is really for free speech or whatever he is proposing.

Elon Musk and the WEF

A Brief Recap and Analysis of What's Been Said About Elon Musk

https://medium.com/technology-hits/elon-musk-and-the-wef-dcaf4bec2084

-In his talk at the WEF, Elon Musk discussed how society needs to work together to create some kind of world government.

I don't think the WEF is interested in free speech.

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I can't help but wonder if Elon Musk is doing this just to jerk 'em around. Just to make the occupants of the Twitter-scape sit in a corner with their blankies, "therapy chickens," and Play-Doh. Just for the SPECTACLE of upsetting the chronically neurotic.

PLUS, don't forget that Musk is a master of self-promotion. Look what he's done in the last couple days: a few tweets that cost zero, and he's the name on every tongue. He's the subject of every conversation--even my 91-year-old who doesn't have a CLUE about Twitter.

I dunno. Musk is up to something...and it might not be buying Twitter.

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Elon has already won. He’s exposed the hypocrisy. He’s shone a spotlight on the pathetic performance. He’s brought the free speech issue to the forefront.

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If the deal falls through, twitter stock will tank if Musk sells off his stock. Twitter board loses either way.

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I hope the bunch of woke ass twits burn in hell.

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Elon should have said "I want to buy twitter because I think too many conservative voices are still on there and I want to kick them off." After the sale -- PSYCH!!

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Twitter is a jobs program for lawyers that runs a crappy social media site on the side.

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“If I leave here tomorrow

Would you still remember me

For I must be traveling on now

'Cause there's too many places I've got to see

But if I stay here with you, girl

Things just couldn't be the same

'Cause I'm as free as a bird now

And this bird you cannot change”

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Mark Cuban - whom I detest significantly - says that there are many people/companies interest in buying Twitter. I would not trust Cuban as far as I could drop-kick him... I suspect he is just racked with billionaire jealousy.

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The cries emanating from the Sham Francisco balconies must be epic over this.

Good.

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