- We know Twitter is an indispensable propaganda machine for the left. (It is worth far more than $45B to them for that reason alone.)
- We think that (at least) some portion of the Twitter code and server farms are government-connected. (So turning over actual evidence of this to a third party makes no sense.)
- No one knows whether Elon is a black hat or white hat.
It makes no sense to me that the DS would relinquish control of the propaganda machine and evidence of the gov't infrastructure without more of a legal fight.
Therefore, I personally see only two options:
First, this is an elaborate scheme by (black-hat) Elon and the DS to 'pretend' that Twitter will be 'more fair'. They know that they will (temporarily) piss off some libs, but they are hoping to keep normies from joining TruthSocial. (Plus, they take Twitter private, further hiding the gov't connections.)
Second, the only way that (white-hat) Elon had the leverage to force the purchase was through behind-the-scenes white-hat pressure. It will eventually be folded into DWAC and/or the inner-workings will be revealed to Durham (or other prosecutors).
Unfortunately, only the black-hat first option seems plausible to me. I hope I'm wrong - or that there are other options I've missed.
Any ideas?
There's always the grey hat option.
Elon could just be in it for Elon, and that's about it.
Elon loves twitter, is somewhat addicted to twitter, and decided "what the hell, i can afford a new toy for myself and bonus, I'll never get banned".
Elon may not give two squats about wh vs bh because he has his eyes set on being emperor or mars one day and plans to leave behind all this earth drama in his dust trail.
He is a trickster, and can't be trusted by any side.
He can be an asset, or an asshat to either side at any time, just depends if his goals align with others' goals, but neither side can count on loyalty from him as he's in it for himself first.
If they come at him like they did trump, we'll know they feel threatened by him.
If Trump is holding the trump card, Elon is holding the wild card.
I agree he may be a grey hat, but it doesn't explain why Twitter would be willing to sell.
Because their asses would have been sued by shareholders.
“No standing.”