Censorship: Twitter Takeover Totally Panics Political Regime of LeftLibDemSocMediaTechPol

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https://summit.news/2022/04/15/video-elon-musk-explains-why-he-wants-to-buy-twitter-to-help-freedom-in-the-world/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10718605/How-Elon-Musk-buy-Twitter-offering-shareholders-generous-price-stock.html
https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1514666932074692615
https://www.youtube.com/embed/CBrFsNcskAY

Tucker Carlson Outlines How Twitter Is "Where Elite Opinion Is Incubated"

Tucker Carlson explained Thursday why Elon Musk’s attempted takeover
of Twitter is “the single most important development for free speech
in the modern history of the United States,” noting that the platform
is “where elite opinion is incubated.”

The host declared that Twitter “is the single most important forum for
speech possibly in the world,” but that it is currently being used to
foment mass group-think.

“As Musk put it, Twitter’s potential is to be ‘the platform for free
speech around the globe.’ Twitter will neither ‘thrive nor serve the
societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be
transformed as a private company,” Carlson said.

He further highlighted that “if Twitter’s board rejects Elon Musk’s
offer, they will need to explain why to their shareholders. They
turned down a deal that would make the shareholders much richer.”

“So, by doing this, Elon Musk is putting everything on the line. He
knows how important Twitter is to the people who run our system and
run the global system. For them, censorship and propaganda are not a
feature of their rule. Their rule depends on censorship and
propaganda,” Carlson urged.

Carlson repeated comments he made earlier in the week that Musk’s move
on Twitter is a “direct challenge” to “illegitimate regimes” trying
“so hard to control information through censorship.”

“If you are offering policies that really benefit nobody but yourself,
you have to lie about them, and you must prevent anyone from
complaining about it. So, censorship and propaganda are at the very
heart of neoliberalism and Elon Musk is challenging all of that
directly,” the host asserted.

Carlson further noted “Is it distressing that our own democratic
system isn’t working that you would need some rich guy to swoop in
deus ex machina to save free speech in United States? Of course, it
is. Is it sad that we’re all desperate for Elon Musk to save us? Yes,
it is. But who else is going to save us? Nobody at this point.”

Elsewhere on Carlson’s show he interviewed the creator of the Twitter
account Libs of Tik Tok which was temporarily suspended earlier this
week in the latest example of the platform using vaguely defined
“hateful conduct” rules as a means of censorship.

As we noted earlier, Musk explained Thursday why he was attempting to
buy Twitter, noting that it “is extremely important for the future of
civilization,” and “to help freedom in the world.”

During the interview, Musk pointed to the likes of Facebook, Instagram
and WhatsApp which are all majority owned and ruled by Mark
Zuckerberg. Musk quipped that Meta has “a share ownership structure
that will have Mark Zuckerberg the 14th still controlling those
entities.”

“We won’t have that at Twitter,” Musk promised.

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Musk also noted that he has a ‘plan B’ should Twitter refuse his offer:

    Q: "If in this case you are not successful, you know, the board
does not accept your offer, you've said you won't go higher. Is there
a plan B?"

    . at elonmusk: "There is." pic.twitter.com/ax2Kcb8GEi
    — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) April 14, 2022

When asked what his backup plan is, Musk said he would discuss it if
it came to that.

It has been noted that should Twitter’s board reject Musk’s proposal
of buying the company for $54.20 per share, he could still look to
stockholders by seeking proxy votes or directly buying out their
shares in a hostile takeover scenario.

The Daily Mail reported that “Investopedia notes that shareholders
often accept the tender offer when it is a ‘sufficient premium to
market value or if they are unhappy with current management.”