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Elon Musk Hits PEAK Insanity In Humiliating Stunt
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November 25, 2022
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13:17Now PlayingElon Musk is getting desperate with the chaos he has caused at Twitter and chooses to reinstate major right-wing figures, like Donald Trump and Marjorie Greene, in an effort to bring more viral right-wing influence to the platform. John Iadarola and Ramesh Srinivasan break it down on The Damage Report.
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Elon Musk sees Twitter as a political weapon
"Twitter CEO Elon Musk over the weekend reactivated Donald Trump’s previously banned Twitter account, triggering big questions about how the move might reshape Trump's 2024 appeal and how it could affect extremist activity on the platform. But one thing it immediately clarified is the kind of political actor Musk is evolving into and how he envisions Twitter's future.
When Musk first expressed interest in buying Twitter, there were many theories on what motivated him. In light of the fact that he already owned two other influential companies focused on engineering solutions, it was unclear if he was looking to sincerely improve a site he viewed as a video game, or seeking to accumulate social power and boost his businesses' bottom line, or if he was simply an excessively bored, excessively rich man having a laugh. These explanations may still illuminate part of why he acted the way he did. But it's now impossible to ignore the emerging reality that Musk values owning Twitter as a powerful weapon for right-wing activism.
It's now impossible to ignore the reality that Musk values owning Twitter as a powerful weapon for right-wing activism.
On Friday Musk sent out a 24-hour "poll" to his followers on whether they wanted Trump's account to be reinstated. After a narrow majority of users who responded to the poll in his tweet responded affirmatively, he reactivated Trump's account, and tweeted, “The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox populi, Vox dei," using the Latin for “The voice of the people is the voice of God.”"
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