not really? he has demonstrated himself to be all the worst things people said about him along many dimensions. this is one of the most important ones. really don’t expect he’d go for anything like this.
Yes, yes, it is, a very cheap shot. Imagine yourself in his shoes, basically making a stupid decision in a rush, then 6 months later being forced through courts (or nearly so) to spend a sizable chunk of your money on something you don’t want, and being saddled with quarterly payments that mess with your plans in a big way. You work every waking hour at your 4 or 5 jobs, in a constantly worsening economic climate, and realize that one of them is not nearly as straightforward as the rest, that you have to deal with humans rather than with technology, and humans are complicated and messy, especially for someone who is self-admitted to be on the spectrum. You try to find someone else to do it for you, but the financial circumstances are dire and there is no one you can trust, just like you couldn’t trust anyone else to lead your other businesses, because, sadly, no one is up to snuff in your eyes.
so he lied even more times than just about free speech? like. dude is a billionaire. If you sign up to have that level of excess power, I feel like you basically give up almost all rights not explicitly listed in the bill of rights? certainly any right to have any excuse for your mistakes. in a reasonable world, it wouldn’t be possible to steal that much money via hyperstitional dishonest betting. Dude promised free speech, then proceeded to squash critical speech—oh no, he’s so stressed out! he got funding from the saudis to take over an important social network. if this is a cheap shot, we need to be making more cheap shots—he shouldn’t have your respect, and he shouldn’t have before, either.
It sounds to me like you have made your mind on this topic, given your statements like “he got funding from the saudis to take over an important social network”, which, while not an outright falsehood, misrepresents reality in various critically important ways. Which in turn means that further discussing it is likely pointless.
not really? he has demonstrated himself to be all the worst things people said about him along many dimensions. this is one of the most important ones. really don’t expect he’d go for anything like this.
Yes, yes, it is, a very cheap shot. Imagine yourself in his shoes, basically making a stupid decision in a rush, then 6 months later being forced through courts (or nearly so) to spend a sizable chunk of your money on something you don’t want, and being saddled with quarterly payments that mess with your plans in a big way. You work every waking hour at your 4 or 5 jobs, in a constantly worsening economic climate, and realize that one of them is not nearly as straightforward as the rest, that you have to deal with humans rather than with technology, and humans are complicated and messy, especially for someone who is self-admitted to be on the spectrum. You try to find someone else to do it for you, but the financial circumstances are dire and there is no one you can trust, just like you couldn’t trust anyone else to lead your other businesses, because, sadly, no one is up to snuff in your eyes.
so he lied even more times than just about free speech? like. dude is a billionaire. If you sign up to have that level of excess power, I feel like you basically give up almost all rights not explicitly listed in the bill of rights? certainly any right to have any excuse for your mistakes. in a reasonable world, it wouldn’t be possible to steal that much money via hyperstitional dishonest betting. Dude promised free speech, then proceeded to squash critical speech—oh no, he’s so stressed out! he got funding from the saudis to take over an important social network. if this is a cheap shot, we need to be making more cheap shots—he shouldn’t have your respect, and he shouldn’t have before, either.
It sounds to me like you have made your mind on this topic, given your statements like “he got funding from the saudis to take over an important social network”, which, while not an outright falsehood, misrepresents reality in various critically important ways. Which in turn means that further discussing it is likely pointless.