Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private

Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by kevingadd on Thursday April 14, 2022 @09:44AM (#31026885)

Many of the things I cited are powers that businesses have and the US government does not have. I don't know why this is hard to understand.

Businesses are free to shoot you as well, private security guards can carry guns in most parts of the US. Businesses can also send you to prison via false police reports, which is a thing that has happened periodically.

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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by emteycz on Thursday April 14, 2022 @09:51AM (#31026988)

All things you listed are entirely in the power of governments - even the smallest ones. I'm actually fighting with the state about one of these you listed as we speak (healthcare insurance).

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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by bluescrn on Thursday April 14, 2022 @10:04AM (#31027183)

While governments technically have the power, they are easily manipulated by interests with large amounts of money.

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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by emteycz on Thursday April 14, 2022 @10:05AM (#31027200)

Why are my large amounts of money not helping at all, then?

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