I believe Musk fought buying Twitter would be both good politically and he could lead the company more successfully. Hence he wanted to get out of it when it was clear that it was a huge as shares dropped.
> Musk 2022: Elon Musk says he’ll vote Republican, bashes Democrats [1]
I'm not disagreeing that Musk go more political, but calling it 'all-in' is LITERALLY wrong.
All-in would be doing politics as his primary occupation.
He's not running for office, but he's inserted himself part of the larger political narrative.
He is not doing a TV show on Fox News 5 days a weak, he isn't running for president.
He occasionally tweets something that is political or runs arguable runs Twitter in a political (not sure if its possible to run Twitter in a politically neutral way).
His actual job that he spends 95% of his time on is running SpaceX and Tesla, just like before he bought Twitter.
Ah, you're the "semantic guy" at parties. In this case it did mean exactly what I thought it meant, but not what you wanted it to mean. I didn't realize I had to speak in literal terms and not common parlance.
Clinical and sterile: Elon Musk has used his elevated platform as the CEO of Twitter to advance authoritarian agenda, support and endorse authoritarian leaders (in the US and outside of it), make hate speech easier, and make journalism harder. He's endorsed conspiracy theories, he's adjusted the algorithm to ensure you see more content from himself and the people's he's "blessed".
> make journalism harder
Quite the opposite, as far as I can see.
- Banned journalists (among others he didn't care for)
- Discrediting journalism accounts with "state sponsored media" labels
- Require journalism organizations to pay to provide they are an actual source (I doubt they were targeted in the checkmark fiasco, but they were impacted)
- Elevating his own platform into your feed where posts half-truths and elevates authoritarian right-wing talking points and conspiracies. Speaking of...
- Publicly espousing conspiracy theories about globalists that need reining in (hear the dog whistle?)
- Literally mocking journalists
- Auto-replying to legitimate inquiries with a poop emoji
- Selectively using right-wing voices for his politically-laden "Twitter Files" disclosure
- Providing near-zero pushback to requests for content removal from authoritarian governments
But sure, see what you want to see. And before you turn around and tell me I'm doing the same, my opinion on Elon was positive as he was buying Twitter. I've observed him, I've read what he was to say. Either I never knew him (more likely) or buying Twitter has changed him substantially.
I think we are living in different realities, which is the new normal I suppose. You missed one company he has recently purchased. You know, the one that is 100% political in nature? Jeez, just imagine the space telescopes or moon bases he could have invested in, but instead we got Twitter allowing self-described Nazis back on the platform. What a tragic waste of Musk's resources, both mental and financial.
What I meant by "all-in" was jumping headlong into the hyper-partisan political fray - and loudly choosing a side!
Musk 2021: Elon Musk said he prefers to stay out of politics [0]
Musk 2022: Elon Musk says he’ll vote Republican, bashes Democrats [1]
[0] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/09/elon-musk-tesla-spacex-spend...
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/18/elon-musk-says-hell-vote-rep...