The Cratering Of Twitter Is Not An Accident

$44 billion is a bargain for what the plutocracy is gaining in return

A photo of hot air about to escape a bubble

This is not a conspiracy theory. Conspiracy is not required. With that out of the way, let’s talk about this whole Twitter & Elon Musk thing.

I’m going to assume you don’t live under a rock and are thus aware of the ongoing saga of Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter for $44 billion, and the ensuing circus side-show involving white supremacists, right-wing radicals, and so forth.

Of course terabytes have been written about all of this already. Not only is it legitimately Big and Serious News, it’s also been an ongoing source of great amusement as Elon gets in a Twitter fight with Stephen King, Elon doesn’t understand how security works, Elon accidentally posts Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s personal e-mail address to millions of people in the clear, on and on.

Man, that’s some stiff negotiating. If Elon was selling his own cars, you’d end up paying fifty bucks for one just by telling him no on the original price.

What nobody seems to be taking into consideration is the legitimate and plausible possibility that this is a carefully calculated financial loss with a tremendous long-term return on investment for the plutocracy.