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		dontblink on April 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitt... Bezos has Washington Post as his mouthpiece. Murdoch has Fox News. Musk doesn't really need more money. I don't think this is just pump and dump. Is it possible Musk is looking to buy a method to influence a populace for his own ends? I.E. is this a method for him to influence a population to gain power and sway over elections, organizations, etc?

trixie_ on April 15, 2022 | [–]

He wants to bring transparency to all the shady shit twitter does to manipulate the feed.

usefulcat on April 14, 2022 | [–]

Certainly wouldn't be the craziest thing that has happened in the past 6 years.

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