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Since Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase, firm reportedly lost 72% of its value (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Ltcpanic@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Could that have ever been the intent?

[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I refuse to believe it was intentional, as that means Elon is smart. As opposed to the more likely, Hanlon's.razor, explanation is that simply, Elon is a fucking idiot.

[–] PilferJynx@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The fact he was forced to complete the buy tells me it wasn't some conspiracy. It's just really hard to believe he would burn billions with his stupidity.