@manton it’s just a shell game.

@manton.org I don’t even think Twitter has much real revenue when you take away all the payments and stuff they have to pay for

I don’t even think Twitter has much real revenue when you take away all the payments and stuff they have to pay for

Seems like a shell game. Moving money between companies he owns to artificially inflate one over the other, leveraging it for loans or to better absorb losses. A classic billionaire maneuver, but the real question is whether it holds up long-term

I’d imagine this is some scheme to free up Musks finances. He was leveraged to the hilt and if Tesla keeps falling I hope he gets a margin call.

What about the infinite money coming from Saudis and a16z can keep pumping because they will make money off grift via the govt

@romitmehta.com Hmm, good point, although Trump / Musk will eventually be gone.

Yes. How far are you zooming out though :laughcryemoji:

@manton.org I've gotta take the long view or I will go insane. 🙂

sorry … the long view is not good …. not lost … but not good … Musk may go sooner rather than later .. and even Trump will centrally be pushing up daisies … but the enablers are alive and well. They didn’t come up with these ideas all by themselves.

I like that mindset

@vmstan @manton right! He can use the valuation of xAI to pay off his Twitter investors, including himself

Don't forget the U.S. tax dollars he'll collect from farming out no-bid government contracts to himself.