Buying Twitter made Musk "king of the sandbox," allowing him to promote free speech, but not at the cost of his own ego.
  • Elon Musk purchased shares of Twitter after unsuccessfully petitioning the CEO to remove a Twitter account tracking his private jet.
  • Musk’s personal gripes played a key role in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
  • Musk banned the account after promising not to, highlighting his prioritization of getting his way over free speech.

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  • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    9 months ago

    Musks fortune was only 340b at its peak, and the moment he tried to access 44b of it for Twitter it collapsed the price.

    Even 340b is still only $41 a year for everyone.

    • Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      Yea even assuming the 340b a 25 pound bag of rice was about 22 bucks when I googled it and about the same for cheap beans. Maybe between the two a person could survive a long time but it wouldn’t be pleasant. I’m sure if you buy in those bulks you could get it for way cheaper too but still, math doesn’t add up.

      • sundray@lemmus.orgEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        Based on the prices I looked up you could feed everyone on Earth 1,800 kcal of potatoes for one day for around 40 billion USD. So… lets do it! Global spud day! Don’t ask me where to get a pot that big for boiling all them taters though.

        • Uriel238 [all pronouns]English
          1·
          9 months ago

          You do make a relavant point. Prices have doubled in the last couple of years and I think the statistic is from the early 2010s.