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“Not About Money”: Elon Musk Says Buying Twitter Not About Money But About Future Of Civilization, Says “Having Public Platform That Is Trusted And Inclusive Is Important To Future Of Civilization”

“Not About Money”: Elon Musk Says Buying Twitter Not About Money But About Future Of Civilization, Says “Having Public Platform That Is Trusted And Inclusive Is Important To Future Of Civilization”

Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk told the crowd at the TED2022 conference in Vancouver Thursday that his move to buy Twitter is not about money but about the future of civilization.

This from slaynews.com.

He said: “This is not about money. My strong intuitive sense is having a public platform that is maximally trusted and broadly inclusive is important to the future of civilization. The civilizational risk is decreased the more we can increase the trust of Twitter as a public platform.

“Twitter has become kind of the de facto town square, so it’s really important that people have both the reality and perception that they are able to speak freely, in the bounds of the law.

“Having a black box algorithm that promotes some things and demotes others is really dangerous,” he said of his plans to make it public if he gets control.

“A good sign as to whether there is free speech is when someone you don’t like, is allowed to say something you don’t like. If that is the case, then you have free speech,” he said.

“Twitter should match the laws of the country, and in my view there’s an obligation to do that. Going beyond that.. tweets mysteriously promoted and demoted.. this can be quite dangerous,” he said.

“I don’t care about the economics at all,” he said. “I have sufficient assets,” Musk added. “I can do it if possible.”

Asked by TED’s Chris Anderson if there was a “Plan B” if his offer is rejected Musk said, “There is.”

He said of the SEC:

“I don’t mean to blame everyone at the SEC but certainly the San Francisco office.

“It was because the SEC knew that funding was secured but they pursued an active, public investigation nonetheless.

“At the time, Tesla was in a precarious financial situation and I was told by the banks that if I did not agree to settle with the SEC that they would, the banks would cease providing working capital and Tesla would go bankrupt immediately.

“So that’s like having a gun to your child’s head.

“So I was forced to concede to the SEC unlawfully,” he said.

 

Elon Musk seems to be the counter to George Soros.

They both may be concerned about “the future of civilization.” Musk, however, is working in a positive vein, individual life- and nation-enhancing initiatives. Soros, on the other hand, is striving to bring down, negatively transform America, thus obviously possessing zero concern of harm to individual Americans as he performs his destruction.

God speed to Elon Musk.

And George Soros, may he undergo a painfully slow execution then rot in hell.