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When it comes to billionaires, never attribute to stupidity which can be adequately explained by malice.
I'm finding it hard to believe these billionaires are legitimately just making that poor of decisions that happen to be causing significant destruction to major social media platforms.
But then again, elon's kid's name is a great counter example. How the fuck am I not a gazillionaire? Oh right, no family emerald mine.
I’m sure it’s purely a coincidence that Twitter and Reddit are both being dismantled a year before the 2024 US election. And that Twitter’s demise was funded by Saudi Arabia.
Musk does seem to relish his chance to play the troll on a global stage, but that’s more of a side perk than the central reason for all of this.