Elon Musk Backs Out of Twitter Deal and his “Free Speech” Absolutism
After an almost three-month-long saga of Elon Musk flirting with buying Twitter, it was announced on July 8th that he is backing out of the deal. I always believed that the Twitter purchase would never go through. Elon’s reasoning for backing out is vague — claiming that Twitter was withholding information regarding spam accounts. Furthermore, I don’t think this was the quest for free speech that Musk claimed. Instead, it was a publicity stunt to overshadow sexual misconduct allegations and claims from former employees of poor working conditions (coupled with OSHA violations) while appeasing his army of Elon bros by reinforcing the idea that he is some sort of “genius.”
Who is Elon Musk?
Elon Musk is most known currently as the CEO of Tesla Inc., as well as the founder and CEO of SpaceX. While Musk primarily focuses on projects that will advance the future, much of his past continues to be rewritten. Here is why the common belief that Musk is a “self-made genius billionaire” is incorrect.
“Elon is self-made.”
It’s no secret that many of us love a typical “American Dream” success story — a man who comes from nothing, works hard and makes a name for himself in America. Except, it is not true for Elon. Elon was born in South Africa…
