@mcfate The way I'm looking at it, Musk is leveraging the platform (and media outlets in general) to apply public pressure to Twitter. I don't see why he'd do that if he thought they were inclined to accept the offer. But I'm willing to be wrong!

@sleepingbearcat

Seems pretty clear that Twitter's management has no interest in bringing Caligula back or allowing more hate talk and misinformation.

He's got about two mechanisms for actual change: try to win a shareholder vote, or buy the company.

I'm thinking he's going to end up backing right out of this, it's just a stunt.

Twitter will tell him "No", he'll sell all his shares, and then whine about how mean they were to him.

@sleepingbearcat

I would never credit the Eel with the foresight to actually plan anything beyond some desired outcome he wishes would happen.

He just DOES stuff.

@mcfate I suppose. Twitter's gone up two-digit % points since he bought into it and started making noise. If he just backs out he still made a lot of money. Sigh.

@sleepingbearcat

Come on. What does "making a lot of money" mean to the Eel? It's just statistical noise.

Anyway, he doesn't have MONEY, just LOANS.

@mcfate Fair enough! I'm just trying to make sense of it. I hate the idea that the biggest power players in the world just flail about randomly but I can't refute the truth of the observations suggesting this to be so.