CrotchetAndVomit

CrotchetAndVomit t1_j9qq5qi wrote

You should look him up. Even the libertarians he wants to represent seem to hate him. His Twitter is full of fucked up shit and he has literally said exactly what you're claiming of "progressives". In fact, here's a link.

https://twitter.com/jeremykauffman/status/1404992317107359747?t=HpM417rB_NRY4VMJXacXQA&s=19

Also, idk what progressives your talking to but it's definitely none of the ones I know. Everyone of them that I know work to protect kids. Not fuck them.

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CrotchetAndVomit t1_j9qn556 wrote

The fuck are you talking about? The "progressives" aren't the ones trying to change/remove the age of consent laws . OP has referred to what is otherwise known as pedophilia as a "sexual orientation" and is a vocal libertarian. The same ones trying to change those laws

Get the fuck out of here with that shit.

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CrotchetAndVomit t1_j73q7jy wrote

Oh course he has investors. While he is the majority stake holder he didn't buy Twitter with his pocket change. He has loans from several banks and a hand full of Saudis at a minimum. All of which likely have SUBSTANTIAL interest rates given that it's a loan for acquisition of a loss leading company

(Source from Routers with some incomplete numbers: https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/who-is-financing-elon-musks-44-billion-deal-buy-twitter-2022-10-07/ )

He offered severance yes but that's not the point and irrelevant to this conversation

him using his own persona accounts to finance his shit show at this point that's on him and because he fucked up by coming in way too hot and torching any good will he might have had from outside investment. You can track how he typically finances day to day operations by looking at any of his other companies. They are all run similarly at the macro level.

Plenty of tech companies run at a loss and grow for substantial periods of time. It's not in and of itself a cancerous place to be as a company when your product will take time to get to a place where it is marketable. Those companies often being an IP to a functional state and then sell it or are absorbed into other much larger companies like Google/Facebook/Amazon. So much so that it's become a trope on TV with shows like Silicon Valley.

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CrotchetAndVomit t1_j73ne54 wrote

Yes. I know. Like I said, VC Black hole. My point was that with the shit Elon is pulling there, HIS investors are calling in their bets. That wasn't an issue for Twitter pre Musk. Twitter had made a business running at a loss and growing for well over a decade. Elon messed that all up because people hurt his feelings on the internet

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CrotchetAndVomit t1_j73m4bo wrote

His "success" got a huge bump before he was even out of diapers. All else being equal, I feel like I have a far more fulfilling and joy filled life than he does. That has a value on its own. I don't need to be a billionaire to be successful. I'm comfortable financially, have relationships that actually matter, and I don't need to be a replyguy on the internet for clout. That I do because it's fun.

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CrotchetAndVomit t1_j73llwo wrote

That's the thing though. They didn't before this. But he leveraged everything he could do hard that his creditors are likely forcing the hand. Before Elon Twitter was a Venture Capital black hole. That's not the case anymore. This new emperor has no clothes and the banks and oligarchs want their cut of the palace next.

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CrotchetAndVomit t1_izgbu0t wrote

Property taxes in Berlin are high. The majority of households incomes there are in the 60/70k a year range total it's one of the poorest areas in the state. Poor owners and high taxes makes for hard times

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