Elon Musk Owning Twitter Is A Good Thing, Regardless of What Happens
As we all know by now, Elon Musk has finalized his purchase of social media giant, Twitter, all for the very cheap, very low price tag of $44 billion. Okay, maybe it’s not quite a cheap price tag, but we get the point.
The question most people had was why would he bother spending that much money on an app that hasn’t been profitable during any single year since it hit the market. After all, he’s a business man. And despite being the richest man in the world, it doesn’t seem like a wise investment.
His answer: free speech, or at least something more similar to free speech than what has been seen on Twitter in recent years.
This all comes in response to allegations and accusations of censorship against certain political ideologies, especially when it pertains to Republicans and members of the right. Now, whether or not this was going on, we all have differing opinions about, seeing as it almost solely depends on political affiliation, but what is certain is that any banning of accounts always seemed to be against somewhat prominent members of the right.
Republicans scream censorship.
Democrats scream Terms of Service.
Which is why Musk’s acquisition of Twitter is such a big deal.
For the right, they’re happy that there may be the possibility of a fair playing field, without fear of their accounts being banned or suspended. For the left, they’re terrified that Musk actually implementing something that resembles free speech on the app would lead to more “hate speech”, “disinformation”, or just blatant lies that they’re afraid people from the other side of the political aisle share with impunity.
Before continuing, let’s be clear. Freedom of speech, from both sides, is a good thing. I don’t care about misinformation, disinformation, hate speech, or anything along those lines. Without allowing people to say anything they want, there would be no need for any type of social media, as the world would simply be one massive echo chamber, where you get exiled if you don’t follow along in lockstep.
Does that occasionally mean you run across someone with deplorable opinions, or sharing information that may not be factual? Sure, but that’s the price you pay.
Welcome to the real world, after all. Not everyone is going to agree with you. You have to learn to handle them in a civil way. It’s what makes the world go round.
More importantly, who determines what is misinformation or hate speech? After witnessing what has gone on over the past two and a half years, there’s no way rational people are trusting the government to be honest about any information out there. And when it comes to hate speech, everyone has differing opinions about what should be included. That’s why there’s no way to accurately police it, meaning you just have to live with it.
While there’s virtually no chance he actually lets all speech go (which would be the correct decision), he is almost certainly going to free up a lot of speech, creating a more diverse space for people to share opinions, which is exactly what’s needed.
That’s reason number one why Musk buying the platform is a good thing.
The second reason is to simply watch the meltdown of people who can’t handle differing opinions, or the thought of something resembling free speech.
The list of out-of-touch celebrities or politicians who have come out and made a fool of themselves since the announcement is already vast, and is only growing with each day.
It started with a number of them announcing that they were leaving the app. Yes indeed, they went on Twitter, to tweet, pertaining to the fact that they were leaving Twitter. You just can’t make this stuff up. It’s hilarious.
Seriously, instead of an announcement through a tweet, we need to start treating these clowns like high school athletes with recruiting announcements on National Signing Day. Can you imagine getting Grammy award winners Sara Bareiles and Toni Braxton together (the irrelevance of these two can’t be overstated), putting a camera in front of them and allowing them the opportunity to beclown themselves in front of a live audience?
It would be glorious.
But then, things got even better. Musk later announced that he was going to start charging an $8 monthly subscription (did I mention that he’s a businessman first and foremost) for anyone to keep their coveted blue checkmark, which set off a new wave of stupidity from these same morons, as they became adamant that they’d never pay to keep that materialistic sign of self-importance.
These people, a ton of them being worth hundreds of thousands, or potentially even millions of dollars, are complaining about having to pay $96 annually, so that their followers know that it is actually them. If what these people have to say is truly so important and imperative to get out, less than $100 a year would be well worth the investment. But alas, they’re acknowledging that none of it is important at all, as the meltdowns are everywhere.
Among them, Stephen King (one of the most popular writers of all time), Jennifer Rubin (national columnist with a net worth of $1.5 million), and Trevor Noah (“comedian” with a net worth of $100 million).
And then there’s our lovely resident bartender turned congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Despite almost certainly being the dumbest, most ignorant member of congress that we’ve all seen in quite some time (arguably in history), she just can’t help but making a fool of herself.
This time it came via, you guessed it, tweet, where she was losing her mind about the $8/month subscription price. In her tweet she decided to try to argue that Musk was “trying to sell people on the idea that free speech is actually a $8/mo subscription plan.”
The problem?
None of that’s even remotely true.
Twitter is still free to everyone. Freedom of speech is still free to everyone. He’s simply making you pay if you want to be verified so that your followers know it’s you. After all, fame and influence does come with a cost.
She knows this (or maybe she doesn’t, seeing as she is a lying POS) but she doesn’t care. This would fall under that “misinformation” she’s been whining about, but none of that matters.
Which leads us to the last part of why Musk buying Twitter is a good thing.
And that is due to the fact that comedy is back on the app, and there’s actually an owner who’s willing to have a little fun with it.
How do we know that’s true?
Well, I’ll just leave you with this gem.
