I was among those who believed that the sale of Twitter to Elon Musk would have to proceed as planned because of the fiduciary responsibility the publicity owned company owed to it’s stockholders especially after Musk offered a financial windfall of profit at a greatly inflated rate per share earlier this year.
But I also was convinced that Musk wanted out of the deal after he lost a ton of net worth when Tesla stock tanked at the news of the proposed buy out.
But, it turns out, at some point, Little Elon deep pockets didn’t have to worry about paying out almost two billion dollars of the total needed to acquire the bird, because there was one investor who was happy to forgo the potential windfall for reasons we can only suspect, but nonetheless fear have little to do with turning a profit…
I'm sure the Saudi government is just like Elon and doesn't mind losing money on Twitter because it loves humanity and free speech.
— Gayton Gomez (@gpgomez) October 29, 2022
Yeah, me too🙄
Just great pic.twitter.com/CUT55tNSBN
— 🇺🇸Patriotic Cats 🇺🇦 vote save democracy (@stand4sumtin) October 29, 2022
Ain’t it tho…
The Saudis & Chinese are going be really disappointed when they find out all I do is stay at home with my cats
— 🧛♀️☠️ The Terror Of Dublin 🎃👻 (@taradublinrocks) October 29, 2022
They’re not looking for your info, Tara.
This 72yo man was arrested and sentenced after he travelled to Riyadh to see his family.
His crime? A handful of tweets that were critical of the Saudi Arabian Government.
https://t.co/vsOuRXnYY8— SarahCA (@SarahBCalif) October 29, 2022
😡😡😡
They dismembered a journalist for writing things they didn’t like. Talk about snowflakes.
— Kat K 🐾🐾 (@LyleBeastCat) October 29, 2022
Might wanna watch your tweets.
Being a shareholder in a publicly traded company and the 2nd largest shareholder in a private one are not the same.
— Zack (@kodkod87) October 29, 2022
Yup
The richest “man-baby” in the world and the richest kingdom that murders journalist’s by chopping them into little pieces now own the largest market place of ideas. What could go wrong?
— Kim Minnaugh (@minnaugh_kim) October 29, 2022
🤷♂️ 🤷♂️ 🤷♂️
👇👇👇
Oh good.
Saudis big part owner of Twitter.
Own American oil in southwest.
Own Jared&Trump, of course.
Etc— Suki 🐝 Ban Assault Weapons (@suekhi) October 29, 2022
If I needed a sign to leave twitter, this is it.
— Kathy- Insufferable Wench, not a lesser vessel (@1proudliberal) October 29, 2022
Blue Sky looking better all the time.
Is he from the same Saudi Arabia that cut back oil production to raise gasoline prices & sway the American mid-term elections?
— Wright – Don't be vapid or a misologue! (@dwright100) October 29, 2022
That would be a yes.
Don't they cut off hands there?
— JC (@magitek_x) October 29, 2022
Yup
9 out of 11 Saudis think this is a bad idea. Google "9/11 Saudi" for more info.
— Space Jesus Skywalker (@TimTimNotTim1) October 29, 2022
😆😆😆
They are also the 2nd largest shareholders at FOX. Hmmmm
— Charlie the drama beagle (@al_bahrani_) October 29, 2022
9-11 by other means.
Thanks, Elon.
But money is just free speech isn’t it?
That’s what SCOTUS says and they can’t be wrong, can they?
It’s up to the users of this worthless platform to prove how worthless it is. The loss of a significant portion of its users as well as its advertisers might put it under. Hard to say tho’ since trust-fund baby and the saudi bum-boy likely have reasons other than profit. Surely both have watched our nation start circling the toilet bowl and both see advantages to such a thing-trust-fund sees the nation become a white supremacist hell-hole and bum-boy sees a nation so busy dealing with internal terrorists it will no longer have the time nor inclination to get the world off of fossil fuels. Such possibilities would be attractive to the likes of those two and the money spent would be considered well spent.