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Man who claims hes a libertarian wants government to punish those who don't give him money.

I could have sworn I read that Musk was a free speech absolutist. Freedom for me but not for thee?

Can X sue Musk for telling advertisers to go fuck themselves rather than addressing their concerns over his dumpster fire decisions?

When a business blames its customers for choosing to no longer be its customers, it's a sure sign the business is declining. Depending on the severity, it's often a sign the business is failing.

This applies here, as well as any time you see an article that millennials are killing <business/industry/etc>. It also applies when an entertainer blames their (potential) audience for not enjoying their work. See Jerry Seinfeld, Kid Rock, etc.

No one owes your business any patronage.

So this is the laser-like focus on the future of Tesla that 56 billion dollars bought, huh?

Didn't Musk tell his advertisers to leave the platform if they didn't like Twitter anymore? Wouldn't that alone make any tort dead upon filing?

Yeah it ties up a few billable hours but we're not exactly talking about companies that can't afford it.

Musk wrote that X "has no choice but to file suit against the perpetrators and collaborators" behind an advertiser boycott on his platform.

So he's going to sue himself then?

If somebody is going to try to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail me with money, go fuck yourself. Go fuck yourself. Is that clear? I hope it is.

Elon Musk, 2023

I guess it was pretty clear. What a clown.

Well I heard about a guy that told the collective advertisres of the platform to "go fuck themselves", maybe this guy should be investigated.

New law, everyone must be nice to me :(

To that we say... Go fuck yourself?

I was really hoping someone else said it already, but... is this really "Technology news"? It's about a billionaire and advertising on his social media website.

Boycotts are speech. Calling for boycotts is speech. I’ve been told by every corporate leader and the Supreme Court that spending money is a form of speech. I would think that a free speech advocate would appreciate these things. Of course, like all outspoken libertarians, Musk’s positions are not well considered, consistent, nor actually libertarian when it doesn’t suit his own business or ideological* interests. This dude sucks at everything he does and his success perfectly demonstrates the fallacy of meritocracy in this society.

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everybody's a libertarian until they lose money

But the free market....

advertising is the only competitive market left. I guess its easier for his ego to rationalize that everyone is teaming up against him than admit he's a moron.

And now you know why he's donating to the Trump campaign.

Because with the shift of power with project 2025 he can actually do this.

If he doesn't like being blackmailed he could always just fund Twitter himself.

Cute of him to think he is as valuable as Israel

What’s this? Another petty tyrant king demanding taxes from his serfs? These billionaires are fucked up in the head. They can’t just sit back, killing their livers, getting drunk and wasted on drugs on their yachts. No, they have to bend the world to their will at the expense of everyone else living in it. Even then, that isn’t enough.

So that is why he is donating to the Trump campaign. Best to get in the list of people he wishes to be persecuted sooner than later. Apparently it's first come first serve.

Meanwhile, toilets lobby to jail everyone that refuses to eat out of them.

Thank god this muppet wasn't born in the US, or he would definetely be making a presidential run. Maybe he will just try and pull a Trump and disrespect the constitution and try and change rules to benefit himself personally.

Man I'm super glad this guy can't run for president

TIL advertisement market is worth 1000 billion $.

Assuming 2 billion people owning an internet capable device, that's 500 $ per person.