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‘ #AOCLovesElon’ Trends After Bizarre Interaction On Twitter

After a completely ludicrous conversation between both Elon Musk and AOC, an even more bizarre hashtag has started trending.

Keep scrolling to check it out.

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The past few days have been huge for Elon Musk.

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Now, Elon Musk is the complete embodiment of a classic eccentric billionaire…

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Being the founder, CEO, and Chief Engineering Designer of not only Tesla but SpaceX too, he has an awful lot going for him.

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As it currently stands, Tesla is the world’s leading electric car company…

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With almost 500,000 vehicles being bought and distributed in 2020 alone. The company is pioneering the future of electric car travel with Musk as its CEO.

And then there’s Space X…

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Space X became the first private company to successfully launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft, as well as the first to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).

And due to his accomplishments, Musk has cashed in a serious amount of money since starting his businesses…

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Back in January 2021, according to the BBC, Musk finally became the richest man in the world, knocking Jeff Bezos out of 1st place.

Quite the achievement, I know!

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However, the feud between Musk and Bezos had been ongoing all year, with the pair yo-yo-ing between 1st and 2nd place.

Well, until late last year…

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Musk saw a jump of 4.9 percent for the stock price of Tesla at the start of the year – an increase that came just days after finishing the first trading session of the year where they saw an increase of 3.4 percent.

Musk’s net worth subsequently soared shortly after to a staggering $188 billion, as per Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index.

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And with Jeff Bezos’ net worth standing at $187 billion, Elon Musk was ultimately placed as the world’s richest man.

Things just kept getting better for Musk, and as of September 7th, he was reportedly worth over $200 billion…

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Making him the 3rd person in the world to ever reach that milestone, behind Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault, CEO of French luxury brands Moët, Hennessy, and Louis Vuitton.

A great achievement for Musk!

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And of course, he went about the news in the most typical “Elon Musk” way.

In response to the news, he simply tweeted, “How strange”…

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Before adding, “Well back to work.”

Then, almost a month after beating Bezos and becoming the world’s richest man…

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He secured his position in 1st place.

On October 25th, 2021, Musk left his competitors in the dust as he reportedly gained a further $36 million…

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Taking him up to a whopping $269 billion according to Forbes.

However, despite being crowned the richest man in the world, it hasn’t all been sunshine and rainbows for the CEO…

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In 2021 alone, he split from his long-time girlfriend Grimes, as well as having to pay up for some unpaid taxes due to unrealized gains in Tesla stock. So all in all, it’s been a choppy year.

Now, Elon really did make the headlines an awful lot last year.

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And it was always in celebration of his success.

He started this year off right, too. The $11 billion in taxes he paid have definitely been a thing of the past for him because he almost tripled what he paid in 2021, and it was only the beginning of 2022.

How? You might ask…

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It’s all down to his Tesla company.

In 2021, Tesla manufactured 936,000 vehicles, allowing for a rise in stock prices, as per LADbible.

And to put his riches into perspective…

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By Musk paying $11 billion in taxes last year, he gave 0.0036 percent of his earnings away. Yep, it might make you want to cry yourself to sleep, but that’s the truth.

And now, Musk is showing us all just how wealthy he truly is…

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By bidding $44 billion for Twitter, which he already had a 9% acquisition in.

Musk wrote in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Committee: “I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy.

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“However, since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.”

Yep, that’s right, Musk met with Twitter executives this weekend to discuss the possibility of taking on the company.

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As per the Wall Street Journal, he got financing for $46.5 billion this week in order to make it happen.

And they accepted!

As impossible as this might sound, there was a reason why his offer was too good to miss…

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According to the WSJ, Twitter shareholders wanted a payout from the company, so his bid couldn’t have come at a better time.

Musk has already made it clear that he wants to make some changes to the site…

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One being longer Tweets and another being the excessive amount of ads being toned down. He also suggested that the site would be better off going private.

Investors of the company have previously shared their reluctance to sell to Musk, but have since come around…

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So you’re looking at the new owner of Twitter!

Experts have weighed in on what it means for Twitter now Musk is the owner.

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And it appears there is a mix of opinions…

One big change is that Twitter will be a privately held company…

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But, this doesn’t mean many regulations change, as per Forbes.

And, before we get into what will be happening to Twitter, let’s look at what Musk had to say on Monday…

“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” he said, as per the news outlet.

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“I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spambots, and authenticating all humans. Twitter has tremendous potential – I look forward to working with the company and the community of users to unlock it,” he said.

Many people have been asking questions on Twitter…

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Actor and filmmaker, Rob Reiner queried: “Now that Elon Musk is buying Twitter, the question for all of us is: Will he allow a Criminal who used this platform to lie and spread disinformation to try to overthrow the US Government to return and continue his Criminal activity? And if he does, how do we combat it?”

Another person expressed their worry…

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“I worry that Elon Musk buying twitter might ruin this platform’s reputation for friendly, good-natured and respectful exchanges of views,” they wrote.

Tristan Snell also had something to write on the platform now owned by the Tesla giant…

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“If Elon Musk really cares about freedom, he should spend his $46 billion helping Ukraine defeat Putin and Russia, rather than buying Twitter,” the commentator said.

Experts also spoke out…

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Will Rinehart, of The Centre of Growth and Opportunity, said: “It was only when Musk secured financing to the tune of nearly $47 billion that the board began to seriously consider his offer. Indeed, Musk was able to cobble together a package in just a week, showing how much interest there is in having a new direction at Twitter. 

“But it also shows that Twitter is vulnerable to a potential competitor. Tech firms like Twitter truly aren’t as unassailable as people think.”

Jessica Melugin, director of the Center for Technology and Innovation at the Competitive Enterprise Institute also spoke about the new buy…

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“Of course, nobody really knows what he’ll do and to what effect, but it is certain his efforts are preferable to the proposed government regulatory solutions.

“Whatever changes Musk makes will be necessarily superior to government regulation because they’ll happen on only one platform among many from which users have to choose. If his new policies make Twitter better and its users happier, other platforms can emulate them,” she continued.

“If Musk makes decisions that make things worse, at least the consequences are confined to Twitter. Government regulations for content moderation, on the other hand, subject far more social media users to negative outcomes because they cover all (or all of the biggest) platforms.

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“Better to have numerous laboratories trying different solutions to today’s content moderation challenges than a one-size-fits-all government approach,” she finished.

The Vice President of Shared Assessments had something to say, as well…

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“With the human element being the weakest link in the cybersecurity chain, I applaud the intent to enhance authentication on the Twitter platform. This change can’t come soon enough and will greatly impact spambots and other modes of false information,” Ron Bradley said.

And Twitter Co-founder Jack Dorsey, has spoken out about Elon Musk buying the platform…

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It seems as though Dorsey has a whole lot of faith in Musk for taking Twitter on as he took to the platform to share his opinion on the news.

“I love Twitter. Twitter is the closest thing we have to global consciousness,” he began.

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“The idea and service is all that matters to me, and I will do whatever it takes to protect both. Twitter as a company has always been my sole issue and my biggest regret. It has been owned by Wall Street and the ad model. Taking it back from Wall Street is the correct first step,” he said in another tweet.

“In principle, I don’t believe anyone should own or run Twitter.

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“It wants to be a public good at a protocol level, not a company. Solving the problem of it being a company, however, Elon is the singular solution I trust. I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness,” he continued in his thread.

“Elon’s goal of creating a platform that is ‘maximally trusted and broadly inclusive’ is the right one.

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“This is also @paraga’s goal, and why I chose him. Thank you both for getting the company out of an impossible situation. This is the right path… I believe it with all my heart.

“I’m so happy Twitter will continue to serve the public conversation. Around the world, and into the stars!” he finished.

So, it looks like Dorsey thinks there’s a rather promising future for Twitter.

AOC however seemingly criticized Musk saying:

“Tired of having to collectively stress about what explosion of hate crimes is happening bc some billionaire with an ego problem unilaterally controls a massive communication platform and skews it because Tucker Carlson or Peter Thiel took him to dinner and made him feel special.”

And that’s when Musk told her to stop hitting on him.

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He responded to the statement saying: “Stop hitting on me. I’m really shy.”

AOC too responded saying that she was actually referring to Zuckerberg however she quickly deleted the response.

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A truly bizarre few days since Musk took over the platform…