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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Well, that should not shock anyone at all. Making Xitter even worse than it already was can surely benefit the right wing and Putin - and these days, what is the difference?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I hate him more every day.

Edit: Should have paid your employees, dickhead.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

I suspected his and putins corespondence had something to do with twitter. My guess was Putin supplied Russian trolls to him for his pump and dump scheems, to manufacture hype around any stock he wanted. Then he bought Twitter to have control over the would be evidence. Just my little conspiracy theory though.

[–] [email protected] 89 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Treason. Musk is a traitor to the United States.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is he a citizen? Or still a South African?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

if youre rich enough they pretty much throw citizenship at you. and you can have multiple citizenships

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I’ve never had that pleasure, then again one mega yacht suffices my needs anyway

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nothing in here is shocking whatsoever. Glad this got drug out for the public to see though.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Nothing in here is shocking whatsoever

You expected to hear P Diddy was involved?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

That cunt has always been a talentless hack, hitching his wagon to something bigger, hoping to make that paper. No surprise here, at all.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Honestly? Yes. Known woman beater, accused international sex trafficker, and cuck enthusiast P Diddy couldn't wait to get in on the best PR platform and trafficking recruitment database in centuries.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago

Petr Aven is a Russian billionaire who founded Alfa Group, described by Denis Danilov as “one of the main wallets for Putin”, while Vadim Moshkovich is a sub-sanctioned Russian agrarian billionaire who was also part of Putin’s closest circle.

something something AlfaBank server ping

“Everyone was thinking how is it possible that Twitter (X)’s stock is plummeting, advertisers are breaking contracts, and no one is doing anything about it. I mean, that’s a direct loss to investors.

“But what everyone overlooked was the fact that investors didn’t care about profits, they needed a platform to promote their narratives, such as: supporting Putin and Russia; lobbying to freeze the war in Ukraine; taking the Ukrainian agenda out of the top news; the righteousness of Hamas, etc.”