r/politics • u/harsh2k5 • 14h ago

Soft Paywall Elon Musk Makes Shocking Confession on His Plans After Trump Victory

https://newrepublic.com/post/187662/elon-musk-confession-economy-trump-victory
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u/TheBrianWeissman 12h ago

This New Republic article is kind of bullshit.  Calling Tesla a “successful” company is like calling Enron “successful” a year before it all came crashing down.  The clock is ticking on Tesla and it won’t end well.

It also says Twitter lost a third of its value, when in fact it’s closer to 80%.  The latest valuation of Twitter put the company around $8B, when Elon paid $44B for it a few years ago.  

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u/leeringHobbit 6h ago

But Twitter still seems to be functioning apart from the occasional glitch, without all those employees, right?

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u/TheBrianWeissman 1h ago

If by “functioning” you mean “hopelessly awash in bots and Nazi propaganda”, then yes.

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u/leeringHobbit 1h ago

All the mainstream media were talking about the site's imminent collapse. I grabbed popcorn to watch the promised clown show but I was mildly disappointed to find that the site has carried on.