Elon Musk's Epic Transformation, From Mr. Futuristic to Internet Darklord

 Written by Grant G

     Puzzling to say the least.........How could the one-time richest man in the world(Still has more money then one could ever need, no matter how opulent his spending) be so hell bent on changing the direction of a populous that has gradually moved forward in terms of inclusion and acceptance, a populous that has by majority accepted man's affect on a world climate, a populous that wants progressive cleaner alternatives to transit, to all forms of travel, to heat and energy.

Elon Musk has projected that clean futuristic image for a long time and then, seemingly out of the blue his narrative changed, along with that "clean image" .....Elon Musk took to headlines in the Spring of 2022 announcing his lavish offer for all of Twitter, a $44 billion dollar buy.....Eyes lit up, that's a lot of money, an offer to good to refuse...But why did Elon want Twitter? To advance mankind, to promote unity among nations, to deter fossil fuel use, to campaign on climate change, to push a narrative of protecting environments, protecting our only planet, was Elon's acquisition of Twitter not only extremely expensive but was it also noble, altruistic, a higher calling of sorts or was it....

To bring back Donald Trump?

Before we get started let's disclose some facts that may be connected...Jared Kushner received $25 million dollars , and $2 billion dollars from Saudi Arabia, the $2 billion the Saudis gave Jared Kushner was a so-called investment from the kingdom‘s sovereign wealth fund to his Kushner's newly formed private equity firm, the $25 million was a pre-performance gift, regardless of any success....

Elon Musk, despite his enormous wealth did not have $44 billion in liquid assets to buy Twitter...Elon sold $billions in Tesla shares and raised money, but not enough....

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 "Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition with the help of bin Talal, founder of Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Holding Co., who agreed to roll over his company’s existing $1.89 billion stake in the social media platform"

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-elon-musk-twitter-saudi-prince-investors-20221101-szzgo3qoxvhpjmsya5nsq6clxu-story.html

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I'm sure it's just a coincidence that both Jared Kushner and Elon Musk were paraded around like blue ribbon canines at a Westminster Dog Show by the Saudis at the world cup in Qatar.....It really had a vibe of Saudi princes showing off their prized possessions...in this case, "paraded around like blue ribbon canines"...or dogs for short..

I don't need to explain to readers here that the Saudi power structure does not believe in freedom of speech, or freedom of the press, or woman's rights or equal rights in general, Saudi Arabia power structure is an authoritative regime which regards ordinary person's human rights as expendable....Two classes....Elite and an expendable populous.

The point i'm making is.....Elon was so rich, he had/has everything, he didn't need to go to bed with a repressive regime to buy Twitter...Elon didn't need Twitter, .....However, Elon wanted Twitter, why? ...Mr. Musk could have created a Twitter clone that was better, faster, more options, Elon could have created his own Social Media but he didn't, why? 

That answer is obvious, it takes time to create a Social Media app, it takes time to build a customer base and that's the one thing Elon Musk didn't have...time...2022 Midterm elections were fast approaching and....although most public polls were deliberately skewed to showing a red wave, real pollsters, and the political parties themselves knew different, Mitch McConnel knew Republicans weren't gaining in the Senate...And Mitch was right....All those big name Trump endorsements who were also bigtime election deniers got spanked....Even the House/Congress, barely moved, when historically the party in opposition gains big in the house, that didn't happen either....in other words....Elon knew too that the 2022 red wave was a mirage of sorts..

Thus Elon needed to acquire Twitter early enough to try and boost Republican chances in 2022 midterms...It wasn't obvious at first as to what Elon's Twitter purchase motive was but it's painfully obvious now....Elon flew into the Twitterverse  claiming to be a "Free Speech Absolutist"  and now a short few months later the real reason and the real Elon reared their ugly anti democratic heads...in full view of those with eyes....And yes, the frothy hyperbolic right are tweeting praise at Elon, declaring that Elon the savior has opened up Pandora's box and exposed a massive crime spree that stole elections from Trump and the GOP...  

Hogwash.....Elon, unfortunately, for a so-called genius can't see what the world sees, Elon can't see the forest through his stacks of money because it's as clear as day Elon is a extreme rightwing authoritarian promoter.....Elon doesn't believe in democracy and doesn't care about anyone's future outside of his own..

Let's do this in chronological order.......May 18/2022..

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party. But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican. Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold …

11:44 AM · May 18, 2022

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Musk has characterized his pending $44 billion acquisition of Twitter a “moderate takeover” of the platform, not a right-wing takeover. But he then proceeded to bash the Democratic Party.

Spurred by podcast and event host Jason Calacanis, who is raising funds to help Musk acquire Twitter, the Tesla CEO said, “The Democratic party is overly controlled by the unions and the trial lawyers, particularly the class-action lawyers.”

On the social platform, Musk has frequently insulted and scrapped with elected Democrats, including Biden, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

By contrast, he tends to engage in a friendly and nonconfrontational manner with right-wing elected officials like GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert and far-right personalities including Steven Crowder, Dinesh D’Souza and others.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/18/elon-musk-says-hell-vote-republican-bashes-democrats.html

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So, in May of 2022 Elon Musk claims the democrat party is the party of division and hate and basically asked Democrat s to attack him...Attacks didn't come, nobody took the bait, although many pointed out to Elon that Trump and the GOP were the hate and fear mongers.........Full stop, does Elon not watch Trump rallies, the immigration rhetoric, the attacks on teachers, on LBGTQ community, attacks on everything coming from Trump and republicans....Is Elon Musk blind?

No, he's not blind.....Dinesh D Souza's 2000 mules fictional garbage and Elon praises the guy...or engages with Lauren Boebert....Dinesh a liar and Boebert an illiterate valley girl....In May of 2022 Elon is pissed he can't have slaves for employees, damn unions and worker's rights.....Elon is so obvious..

Oct 30/2022

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Just days after officially buying Twitter, Elon Musk used the platform to float an anti-LGBTQ conspiracy about the violent attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband from a right-wing website that frequently spouts conspiracy theories.

"There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye," Musk responded Sunday morning. He linked to a post from a website called the Santa Monica Observer that claims DePape is a male sex worker who was in a dispute with Paul Pelosi, who was drunk, citing right-wing speculation on Twitter.

The claim has no basis, and the post makes no effort to verify it.

The Santa Monica Observer is a website masquerading as a news outlet that has published outrageous fake news in the past. Owned by David Ganezer, the website once claimed Hillary Clinton died and a body double was used to debate Donald Trump in 2016, that Trump appointed Kanye West to the Department of the Interior, and that sunlight could cure COVID-19 patients, according to the Los Angeles Times.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/clarissajanlim/elon-musk-conspiracy-theory-nancy-paul-pelosi-attack-tweet

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Elon Musk knew the Paul Pelosi story was a rightwing hit job on the Dems, Elon also knew the 2022 midterms were fast approaching.....This was Elon once again deliberately trying to affect the election with misinformation...Elon sent the Paul Pelosi hit job story to Twitter's top trending stories, rightwing trolls spread the story like wildfire....Meanwhile Paul Pelosi lay in a ICU critical care unit with a cracked skull...

Elon didn't care how obvious his motives appeared to regular people.....Elon was hellbent on a redwave, a fascist wave and a return to Trumpism...Ethics and morality be damned.

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Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk told his audience of more than 100 million followers on the social-media platform to vote for Republicans -- on the eve of midterm elections where Democrats are poised for losses.

“To independent-minded voters: Shared power curbs the worst excesses of both parties, therefore I recommend voting for a Republican Congress, given that the Presidency is Democratic,” Musk wrote Monday. 

“Hardcore Democrats or Republicans never vote for the other side, so independent voters are the ones who actually decide who’s in charge!,” he added.

The tweets from Musk, who also serves as chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., marked a startling departure from other CEOs in the US who have largely shunned political activism over fears of alienating both customers and shareholders. 

Tech industry watchers painted his move as uncommon, especially so close to an election, and said it would raise further questions about his stewardship of Twitter, which is already seeing advertisers flee over concerns about changes to its content moderation policies.

“It’s unprecedented to have a CEO come straight out and say that,” said Katie Harbath, a former Meta public policy director. “Many others have done donations, so you know what their leanings are. But it’s rare to see them actually tell people who they should go vote for.”

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/elon-musk-tells-twitter-followers-to-vote-for-a-republican-congress-1.1842762

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At this point it has become crystal clear that Elon Musk is in the tank for republicans, and Trumpism..

Shorty after the 2022 midterms where Trump's big picks and bigtime election deniers were spanked Elon Musk reinstated Trump to Twitter's platform.....Elon even after seeing the 2022 election results where Trump's extreme endorsees were tossed aside, an election where democrats gained near everywhere Elon doubled down on Trump by reinstating him.....

The picture Elon is painting is coming in to sharp focus now....

November 20th Elon Musk reinstates Trump to Twitter..

On December 2nd/2022 Elon Musk allows his people, Matt Taibbi to selectively release internal communications and screenshots along with a partisan spin to try and paint a picture of Twitter insiders working with FBI to suppress Trump and rightwing voices to help elect Joe Biden...

After 7 Twitter drop threads....Elon hasn't proven anything except...

Although information Elon released to Matt Taibbi in Twitter drop number 1 stated that both campaigns, Trump and Biden, along with the Trump Whitehouse both made requests of Twitter and all entities were granted requests.

"Both parties had access to these tools. For instance, in 2020, requests from both the Trump White House and the Biden campaign were received and honored"

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598828932395978752

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There have thus far been 7 Twitter file drops.....Elon has proven nothing, shown no smoking gun, no democratic plot, no suppression of anything that amounts to a hill of beans....The biggest takeaway is Elon Musk and his chosen surrogates have refused to show even one request made from the Trump whitehouse and or the Trump campaign even though we know they made requests and were granted requests.....Yet all we hear from Elon Musk on that front is deafening silence.

And it's getting worse, in the last week Elon Musk suspended leftwing journalists for no reason, he's changed rules back n forth, he stated new policy will be decided via polls, he's now backed out of that proposal.

Elon lost a twitter poll on him staying on as Twitter's CEO...he has now backed out of that poll and decided to make a policy change that only blue check mark accounts who pay $8 dollars per month can vote.....Again, is that free speech, considering many people in poor countries can't afford $8 dollars per month, and millions of Twitter account holders in other countries have no access to blue check marks at any price...

Elon also has put in place new rules, without a poll,?? stating that any mention of other social media sites with links will result in suspension.... Even links on your profile....Elon has decided to close Twitter's border and lock everyone in, kinda like a Trump Mar A Lago event..

https://www.salon.com/2022/11/16/mar-a-lago-attendees-tried-to-walk-out-of-speech-early--but-security-forced-them-to-stay_partner/

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So...Elon is not for free speech....He lies at will, breaks his own Twitter rules, doesn't honor polls when they don't go his way, now only paying blue check accounts can partake in Twitter polls, there are about 400,000 blue checks on Twitter, about 2% of all twitter accounts..

So now only Elon's fan boys can vote in polls, shutting out 98% of all Twitter users from voting in polls.

Elon's Twitter file dumps have produced nothing, no smoke, no fire, no collusion...

The big question, the one I started this post with...Why did Elon acquire Twitter.

My best guess is....Elon wanted to assist republicans and promote Trump....After the 2022 shit-kicking the GOP suffered...Elon took it personal, thus came the Twitter file drops...Which ended up humiliating Elon even more. One might think Elon would have learned a lesson when his partisan low budget hit job fell flat....Elon has twitter dropped 6 more times since the first offering and it has only become more embarrassing after each one...

Today Elon went after Adam Schiff......interesting....Yet Elon Musk hasn't said a single thing on..

MTG..Boebert...Ron Johnson...Steve Bannon...Dinesh D Souza...Louie Gohmert...Jeff Clark...John Eastman..Michael Flynn, Trump and or another hundred plus rightwing chaos agents..

Elon also didn't absorb the results of the 2022 midterms...It was a referendum on Joe Biden..on Hunter Biden...on Healthcare, on LBGTQ rights...Medicare...Trumpism lost big.

Anyway folks,........

Something will come along to replace Twitter...Mastadon needs work....Youtube has many great podcasters and it's my belief that we've turned the corner on this latest Fascist uprising...Democracy prevailed..

Unfortunately Elon Musk will learn the hard way.....And so will Tesla stock owners.

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Tesla shares.. year to date.....Stock is down 68.91%.....January 3rd/2022....Tesla shares were $399.93.....

Today, December 22/2022 ......Tesla shares have dropped to $123.81...

Let's narrow it down a little more...on September 20th/2022 Tesla share price was $308.73 and 2 months later, December 22/2022 Tesla share price is $123.90..That's a 59.86 % drop...in 2 months...

 

Twitter is dead....Tesla stock owners.....Heed the warnings.....#ETTD and coming soon..

  #EMTD

https://www.cnet.com/tech/tesla-buyers-are-bailing-because-of-elon-musk-the-worst-troll/

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