Elon Musk has a Tesla factory in China and he wants to sell more cars there, as many China observers note. What happens if Beijing leans on him about say, a Uyghur or Hong Kong activist account? Or about Chinese disinformation bots leveraging this platform?
Musk’s investments in China, and the fact that he’s given more money to the Democrats than to the Republicans, mean that I remain something of a Musk skeptic. I don’t think his rhetoric about free speech on Twitter means he’s a free-speech absolutist; I think he’s a businessman, first and foremost, and a lot of conservatives would do better to view him with caution than to hoist him onto their shoulders as if he were some sort of rightie hero or American patriot. He is neither. Besides, how can we trust his “patriotism” when he still retains three nationalities (US, South African, Canadian)?
To the extent that what Musk is doing now is driving all those Tesla-owning liberals crazy, I think that’s a good thing, but it’s not enough to make me fall in line with the Musk-worshiping bandwagon.
Musk’s investments in China, and the fact that he’s given more money to the Democrats than to the Republicans, mean that I remain something of a Musk skeptic. I don’t think his rhetoric about free speech on Twitter means he’s a free-speech absolutist; I think he’s a businessman, first and foremost, and a lot of conservatives would do better to view him with caution than to hoist him onto their shoulders as if he were some sort of rightie hero or American patriot. He is neither. Besides, how can we trust his “patriotism” when he still retains three nationalities (US, South African, Canadian)?
To the extent that what Musk is doing now is driving all those Tesla-owning liberals crazy, I think that’s a good thing, but it’s not enough to make me fall in line with the Musk-worshiping bandwagon.
I explain my Musk-skepticism further here.
“HOW CHINA COULD REACT TO NEW TWITTER OWNERSHIP”
As long as Musk’s free speech isn’t free about China’s ownership of the Biden family, maybe not much changes.
C’mon now boys… We all know the only complaints about Musk buying Twitter was because leftoids feared Trump might return…
All the rest was smoke and mirrors.
Wapo writer who ignored the 8-page Chinese propaganda insert and where Amazon sources 90 percent of the products Jeff B sells.
Not to mention Disney, NBA, NFL, etc.
And Hunter Biden’s multiple Million dollar deal with 10 percent for the big guy.
She’s got less credibility than tbone.