Elon Musk, the world's richest man, and someone who knows a little bit about him, can easily associate words like "madman" or "crazy" when describing him.
Of course, as for the pejorative meaning, it varies from person to person.
There are many people who think that Musk is acting arbitrarily with his "money ability", but there are also many people who think he dares to act, and his words and deeds can cause a lot of controversy on social media in various languages.
In the past few days, a Twitter acquisition case has allowed the rich man with his own "hot search" to brush up on the sense of existence in the world.
Last month, Musk suddenly posted a questionnaire on Twitter, asking his followers whether they felt that Twitter, which claims to uphold "freedom of speech", is not actually free speech.
The result of this vote showed a one-sided trend: less than 30% (29.6%) of netizens believe that Twitter strictly adheres to the "principle of free speech", while 70.4% of those who hold the opposite view.
The results are not surprising, and the fact that Twitter "covers its mouth" has been done too much in recent years, including but not limited to:
In the US election, the "computer gate" incident of Biden's second son was restricted and deleted, and he once won the "good name" of "Twitter" (referring to Twitter like Hitler);
"Blocking" former President Trump's Twitter account, for which Trump also produced his own social media app;
Preventing the Russian media from speaking out after the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, but allowing attacks and even threats against pro-Russian rhetoric;
More voices against the United States and the current government have disappeared and disappeared, and we may not even know.
Musk then announced that he would pay for twitter out of dissatisfaction with Twitter's "freedom of speech."
Twitter is a big enemy of this, trying to prevent Musk's full acquisition, and even throwing out the "poison pill plan".
But eventually, on April 25, Musk skillfully unleashed his "banknote capability" to pocket Twitter at $54.20 per share ($44 billion overall).
Twitter executives were silent, a high price that could not be rejected, and they could only stand up now and applaud Musk as Twitter boss.
After the acquisition, Musk could not hide his excitement, saying on Twitter that he hoped that Twitter could continue to provide a platform for people to express different opinions, and would disclose Twitter's algorithms in the future to transparent the specific logic of content recommendation and blocking.
"Freedom of speech is the cornerstone of the functioning of democratic politics, and Twitter is a digital town square where people debate matters that are vital to the future of humanity."
Buying Twitter may just be the beginning.
On the 28th, Musk sent a new shocking message on Twitter: "Next I will buy Coca-Cola Company, and then add cocaine back in." ”
A stone stirs up thousands of waves, not only because of the influence of Coca-Cola, but also because of Musk's "re-addition of cocaine".
In the early days, Coca-Cola was developed for medicinal purposes, the formula contained cocaine and caffeine, and the name "Coca" was also derived from the two ingredients of coca leaf (CoCa) and cola fruit (Cola). Because of an accident, the pharmacist who formulated the pharmacy found that the "Coca" with soda and sugar water tasted good.
Since then, cocaine has been removed, sucrose and a large amount of Coca-Cola have been added before it began to be sold as a popular drink.
Musk is ready to get cocaine "back" to the recipe list, which is technically fine, but only if he buys Coca-Cola.
Coca-Cola, which has a history of 136 years, has been listed for nearly a hundred years, and the equity structure is more reasonable than Twitter, and it is difficult for Musk to "reproduce" the means to acquire Twitter.
And, although Musk is the richest man in the world, he is still a little less in front of Coca-Cola.
The Coca-Cola Company just announced its first quarter 2022 financial report, with a latest total market capitalization of $283.9 billion. According to the latest data on the Bloomberg Rich List on April 27, Musk's personal wealth is $252 billion.
In addition, Musk's acquisition of Twitter may have other reasons.
There have been many analyses that musk is so interested in Twitter because he discovered the "political utility" of Twitter. After all, he has been very successful in business, and it is not impossible to enter politics next.
At this time, Twitter has become his best helper.
As for Coca-Cola, it probably won't help politics.