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  • Banzai51@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    Not only that, it would have been easier and cheaper to just shut the whole thing down after taking ownership. His very public (mainly by his own tweeting) stewardship of Twitter is damaging to his reputation, and the reputation of his other businesses. The reality is, he just is that dumb.

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      1 year ago

      His net worth has only gone up since he bought it, iirc. Tesla will continue to print money at least for a little while until other automakers catch up on EVs. SpaceX doesn’t seem to have any viable competitors, and both sides of the aisle agree on privatizing space, so that’s a big growth industry. This is the unfortunate fact of capitalism in general and late-stage capitalism in particular.

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        1 year ago

        His net worth has only gone up since he bought it, iirc

        It absolutely didn’t. His net worth dropped over 50% in the months following the purchase. It’s back up above ¢200b at this point according to Forbes, but he’s still down from his pre-purchase state.

    • anlumo@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      If he’d just shut it down, he probably would have been personally liable for Twitter’s debt, because he didn’t even try.