On April 14, billionaire and entrepreneur Elon Musk announced that he would buy Twitter for $43 billion. And this behavior, which seems to the outside world, is Musk's declaration of war on the media body. As we all know, Musk is extremely dissatisfied with the fact that Twitter and other media cannot truthfully make statements, so the plan to acquire Twitter is also a so-called "battle of discourse". However, the hostile takeover will not go as smoothly as Musk thinks, and Twitter shareholders have expressed strong resistance to it. At the same time, there are also times that Musk's privatization acquisition will definitely make the media brand "Musk", thus deviating from his illusion of "inclusive speech".
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, SpaceX. Named the world's richest man in 2021, he is estimated to be worth $300 billion, the highest-valued person in history. On April 14, foreign media leaked that Musk was about to buy Twitter for $34 billion in cash, and still submitted the takeover offer to Twitter's board of directors on the 13th. Although Musk is not absolutely sure whether the acquisition of Twitter will be successful in the TED study in Vancouver, this action has already had a considerable impact.
Since the acquisition plan was exposed, many outside media and Twitter shareholders have called the acquisition "malicious" behavior. The main reason is that Twitter has no intention of selling, while Musk has a strong sense of purpose. Apparently, Twitter shareholders are not planning to sell Twitter shares, although its stock price has not moved as well as expected this year. Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Twitter's largest shareholder, was clearly unhappy with this, and he immediately said that "Twitter's prospects are still good, and Musk's offer does not match its intrinsic value." It's clear that Twitter shareholders aren't ready to sell immediately, whether the price isn't satisfied or there's no intention of selling at all. However, for the acquisition, the US White House refused to evaluate.
At the same time, the reason why Musk's acquisition is called "malicious" is also its strong purpose. In his TED talk, Musk said that he believes that the "inclusive speech stage" is very important. When Twitter banned the accounts of former President Trump and his supporters, Musk wrote on Twitter, "A lot of people will be very unhappy that West Coast high-tech companies act as arbitrators of the facts of speech." ”
But will Musk's acquisition really change Twitter? From the outside world, it won't. First, Musk bought Twitter entirely for its privatization, which has been stated on several occasions. The result of privatizing Twitter is that it will definitely be branded with "Musk marks". Musk has 80 million followers and supporters on Twitter, yet the platform has 500 million users. Musk can guarantee a revamped Twitter program that satisfies 80 million supporters, and be held accountable to them, but who is responsible for the remaining 400 million or so users?
Second, Musk has repeatedly emphasized the beautiful vision of "inclusive rhetoric" without formally talking about its consequences. As a liberal, Musk has been "controlled by the Internet," which makes him very dissatisfied, so he will propose plans to buy Twitter. However, Twitter is only a member of the media body, and solving Twitter can solve all the problems he faces, obviously not. And liberalizing the regulatory loopholes after Twitter, who will solve it?
Finally, Musk, as a billionaire, can change the influence of the regulatory authorities on him through money, but others must not be able to do Musk's behavior. Therefore, Musk's acquisition is at most a private act, and the beneficiaries are more of himself and his extreme supporters, and the chaotic bitter consequences caused by the rule destruction are only borne by ordinary netizens.