You’re not wrong about the advertisers but I wouldn’t cède the point they’re trying to refute either. People claim that executives are are purely motivated by money, but that just doesn’t hold up with the advertisers or with Twitter itself. They have their own political agendas, and time and again they are willing to sacrifice short term profit for long term political victories.

Money is power. People who want power want to use it. They’re not just dragons sitting on their hoards.