Thomas Edison was the Elon musk of his era

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I bet that rich dumb ass would love this comparison.

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They didn't sell it to Elon.

Elon sued them and took Tesla over in court. https://www.theverge.com/23815634/tesla-elon-musk-origin-founder-twitter-land-of-the-giants.

Elon beat them in the court of law, business tactics, and expertly took over the company. What, you think Elon paid for this? He's smarter than that.

I mean he paid for Twitter and... well...

Yeah, I was gonna say, playing dirty is one thing. Making great business decisions without stepping on people for profit is another thing entirely.

Only after the Delaware court forced him to.

Elon is a jackass who runs over all normal senses of decency while repeatedly getting away with it. And he will continue to do so as long as his legion of asshole internet followers continue to worship him on a wide scale, giving him large benefits in our cultural zeitgeist.

I am happy that people are finally understanding how much of an asshole Elon is today. But he's been pulling this shit since the dawn of Tesla, as the Tesla takeover court cases proved in the 00s.

Elon threw money at the problem and it worked, as it so often does. Conversely, the tactic failed in the Twitter scenario. That's his entire game plan for everything, a trait he shares with nearly every other person born with a silver spoon in their mouth.