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This is the move that elevates “the Saudis funded this to kill Twitter” from silly conspiracy theory to maybe plausible.

Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by Elon’s incompetence.

Malice? He thinks he’s liberating us from the woke mind virus and defending poor oppressed Republican activists.

Isn't Musk personally liable for a lot of this burnt money? In this scenario, does Musk gain something or was he just outsmarted?

In that scenario Musk fills the "useful idiot" role.

I am not really convinced though, I think it's just plain old incompetence and hubris. But then, it's 2023 so who knows.