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Yeah, well, those are exactly the kinds of things that "controlled opposition" would say about Elon Musk.
(See how that works?)
Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44 billion
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Yeah, well, those are exactly the kinds of things that "controlled opposition" would say about Elon Musk.
(See how that works?)
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Yeah, that's definitely how that works. If there's one thing the species has learned, it's how to blow smoke in every direction.
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It is interesting to put it in libertarian terms. More than anything, the left and establishment want to censor libertarian thought. As long as you never take a libertarian stance on anything, you are free to say whatever you want on Twitter and social media. The outrage over Musk is directly due to his reputation for supposedly being libertarian.
Libertarianism is the true opposition to their racist, collectivist, centralized, Marxist, big government, welfare-warfare mommy state.
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+1 for Second Hand Lions reference.... it's been decades since I watched that.
But your analysis only pierces through the first level of truth and lies. On a real battlefield, what the troops believe, about whether they can win or not, can actually be the deciding factor in the battle, and often is. In his excellent book Strategy, BH Liddel Hart explain that the highest aim of the battlefield general is always the demoralization of the enemy troops. The lower-ranked battlefield officers may worry about cannons, flanks, artillery, troop movements, maneuvers, logistics, and so on, but it is the enemy morale which is the #1 target of the general. His primary aim and objective is always to convince the enemy troops that they cannot hope to win. The hard truth is that the globalists have not won, that evil has not taken over the world. Nearly so? Yes. But not completely. As long as there is one millimeter of space left within my own heart and mind to resist, the enemy has not won. That is the real truth, and that's because of the Gospel, which is something that is truly worth believing in.
No, I'm saying that I think Elon Musk has gone down to Georgia for an infernal fiddling contest. Why is he doing it? Is it for our good? Is it to save the world? Or is it just to enrich and glorify himself? I don't know. He's not a believer (hopefully that changes) but, for as long he is not cooperating with the globalists, he is not against us and, thus, he is for us. As with anyone who is not actually committed to the cause of Christ, that could change at any time. But the Gospel is capable of pragmatism wherever someone does not make themselves an overt enemy of the name of Jesus.
It's an oversimplification. The will-to-power is not always lit from the flame of hostility towards mankind. It can also come from a relatively benign narcissism and, in fact, it often has. Wherever the will-to-power is not actively hostile to the general good of mankind, it can be allied with for pragmatic purposes. Such alliances are qualified, conditional, temporary and wholly pragmatic. But they are also necessary, a point that can be deduced from the sheer existence of the wicked State within the context of Matthew 28:18, "All power in heaven and earth has been given to me." If it were not necessary to tolerate the wicked for a time, they would have already been obliterated. They are not in the seat of power. They are being baited and led into the trap. In the meantime, they are spewing enemy psyop propaganda to demoralize anyone who stands up for what is good, true and beautiful. That is why the Gospel is not a "metaphorical" war, it's a literal war. It's just not fought with swords and firearms because the conquest of the Gospel is not by force, but by conscience.
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Exactly. Which is why unfalsifiable accusations of "controlled opposition" are a flamethrower that can roast anyone it's pointed at.
If one wished to do so, one could make the case that Ron Paul is "controlled opposition". Hell, I wouldn't be at all surprised if someone had already done so. And then, of course, any person making such a case could in turn be accused of being "controlled opposition" - and so on and so forth. Rather than riding that endless merry-go-round, I would just break the cycle and say that if Ron Paul (or, yes, even Elon Musk) is "controlled opposition", then by God and sonny Jesus, we could do with more "controlled opposition" - a lot more.
And then there's the fact that even someone with ulterior motives for insincerely advocating genuinely libertarian ideals would nevertheless still be advocating genuinely libertarian ideals. It doesn't take a Clausewitz or a Sun Tzu to realize that's not a particularly good strategy if one's objective is to suppress or thwart the expression of libertarian ideals. Quite the opposite - which is precisely why so many enemies of liberty are screeching so hysterically about Elon Musk right now (entirely regardless of whatever Musk's motives or purposes might actually be).
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Agreed. And if you're in the mood for a real dressing-down, try standing for the raw, unfiltered teachings of Jesus and see what happens.
China To Christians: We’re Rewriting The Bible, And You’ll Use It Or Else (The Federalist, October 26, 2020)
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No argument. But what better method is there for demoralizing people than to hold someone up to fame and fortune as a savior, then beat him? Or better still, have him betray you? Trump, 9iu11iani's Great Investigation, etc. have all demoralized who you and I consider to be Our Troops.
Elon Musk's title should be Speaker of Truth at the Moment. Not Savior.
I think that's important to say, simply, succinctly and often.
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Twitter adopts poison pill in bid to thwart Elon Musk takeover
https://www.axios.com/twitter-elon-musk-poison-pill-7a62f6d6-b77a-4481-a2e3-5a7081557a84.html
Jacob Knutson & Sara Fischer (15 April 2022)
Twitter's board on Friday enacted a defensive measure meant to deter Elon Musk's $43 billion hostile takeover bid.
Why it matters: The "poison pill," as it's called in corporate terms, gives Twitter's existing shareholders time to purchase additional shares at a discount, thus diluting Musk's ownership stake.
How it works: The move is designed to make it difficult for anyone, including Musk, to build a stake worth more than 15% of the company.
https://www.axios.com/twitter-elon-musk-poison-pill-7a62f6d6-b77a-4481-a2e3-5a7081557a84.html
Jacob Knutson & Sara Fischer (15 April 2022)
Twitter's board on Friday enacted a defensive measure meant to deter Elon Musk's $43 billion hostile takeover bid.
Why it matters: The "poison pill," as it's called in corporate terms, gives Twitter's existing shareholders time to purchase additional shares at a discount, thus diluting Musk's ownership stake.
How it works: The move is designed to make it difficult for anyone, including Musk, to build a stake worth more than 15% of the company.
- A poison pill gives existing shareholders the ability to purchase additional shares in the company at a discount, which in turn dilutes the stake of the person or party seeking to buy the company.
- He then announced he was joining the company's board of directors and began proposing several changes to the platform, including turning the company's headquarters into a homeless shelter.
- Musk has repeatedly said he believes Twitter is "failing to adhere to free speech principles," and even proposed creating a rival platform, on which "free speech and adhering to free speech is given top priority."
- He later backed out of joining the board and offered to purchase the company for $54.20 a share, though he did not specify how he planned to pay for it.
- "The Rights Plan will reduce the likelihood that any entity, person or group gains control of Twitter through open market accumulation without paying all shareholders an appropriate control premium or without providing the Board sufficient time to make informed judgments and take actions that are in the best interests of shareholders," the company added.
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I guess that's why I keep suggesting that we think of these people as "onramps" to the real Movement. If you show up to a MAGA/Trump rally and leave with a church pamphlet and realize you need to get serious about your spiritual life which you have left in utter neglect since your teenage years, or whatever, that's a net win. Does that mean that MAGA/Trump should receive unqualified backing/endorsement? Of course not. But as long as they are generating tailwind for the Kingdom/Gospel, I'll take it. This period of pragmatism is itself temporary... eventually, we are going to come to the left-right razor of the judgment seat... one day, everyone will have to clearly choose whether they are on the side of the good, or evil. That's what Revelation is all about. But for now, the reality is that we are in a gray zone, and we are simply fools to refuse to add pragmatism to principle.
Agreed. We already have a Savior, we don't need any others.
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Doesn't this have the huge potential for backfire? I mean, I'm sure there were plenty of shareholders that were salivating at the prospects of the big buyout. Now, if they can purchase additional shares and give their proxies to Musk, they can make out even better. Obviously, this takes some coordination, but in the modern era, coordination like this is increasingly feasible.
Maybe just wishful thinking?
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BREAKING: Twitter Board Utilizes ‘Poison Pill’ To Stop Elon Musk From Buying The Company
The plan intends to 'reduce the likelihood that any entity, person or group gains control of Twitter’
https://timcast.com/news/breaking-t...ll-to-stop-elon-musk-from-buying-the-company/
Michael Robison (15 April 2022)
In a press release on Friday, Twitter announced that it was enacting a plan that would limit Elon Musk’s ability to purchase the social media giant outright.
Faced with the prospect of a hostile takeover, the Twitter Board has adopted a defensive strategy called a “shareholder rights plan.”
Shareholder rights plans, also known as “poison pills,” are a takeover defense tool often used to avoid escalating a hostile or unsolicited offer by keeping an investor from accumulating a significant ownership stake.
Shareholder rights plans are one of the most potent and effective defenses against a hostile takeover. By capping ownership, a plan compels a bidder to negotiate directly with the Board of Directors instead of launching an unapproved tender offer or accumulating a controlling stake through open market purchases.
Such a maneuver can level the playing field by giving the Board greater control of a process, providing more time for deliberations, and responding to aggressive negotiating tactics.
However, a rights plan is not absolute protection. While it does prevent a third party from quickly acquiring a controlling stake in a company, hostile bidders can still wage a public campaign to pressure the Board to negotiate and complete the intended purchase.
In the press release, Twitter states the plan “will reduce the likelihood that any entity, person or group gains control of Twitter through open market accumulation” — an evident response to Musk’s attempted purchase on Thursday.
The so-called poison pill becomes active “if an entity, person or group acquires beneficial ownership of 15% or more of Twitter’s outstanding common stock in a transaction not approved by the Board.”
If the plan becomes active, current shareholders will be entitled to a special class of shares sold at a lower-than-market price to acquire controlling equity in the company, thus ending the third party’s ability to gain controlling ownership.
According to Twitter, the Shareholder Rights Plan will remain active until April 14, 2023 — seemingly thwarting Musk from purchasing controlling interest in the social media platform for at least one year.
At this point, Musk’s remaining option would be to lobby current shareholders by convincing them to relinquish their shares in a sale directly to him. In most instances, someone like Musk will be forced to utilize a public campaign to compel shareholders to abandon their right to exercise the purchase options made available through the limited plan.
It remains to be seen what next steps Musk will take in his bid to purchase Twitter.
The plan intends to 'reduce the likelihood that any entity, person or group gains control of Twitter’
https://timcast.com/news/breaking-t...ll-to-stop-elon-musk-from-buying-the-company/
Michael Robison (15 April 2022)
In a press release on Friday, Twitter announced that it was enacting a plan that would limit Elon Musk’s ability to purchase the social media giant outright.
Faced with the prospect of a hostile takeover, the Twitter Board has adopted a defensive strategy called a “shareholder rights plan.”
Shareholder rights plans, also known as “poison pills,” are a takeover defense tool often used to avoid escalating a hostile or unsolicited offer by keeping an investor from accumulating a significant ownership stake.
Shareholder rights plans are one of the most potent and effective defenses against a hostile takeover. By capping ownership, a plan compels a bidder to negotiate directly with the Board of Directors instead of launching an unapproved tender offer or accumulating a controlling stake through open market purchases.
Such a maneuver can level the playing field by giving the Board greater control of a process, providing more time for deliberations, and responding to aggressive negotiating tactics.
However, a rights plan is not absolute protection. While it does prevent a third party from quickly acquiring a controlling stake in a company, hostile bidders can still wage a public campaign to pressure the Board to negotiate and complete the intended purchase.
In the press release, Twitter states the plan “will reduce the likelihood that any entity, person or group gains control of Twitter through open market accumulation” — an evident response to Musk’s attempted purchase on Thursday.
The so-called poison pill becomes active “if an entity, person or group acquires beneficial ownership of 15% or more of Twitter’s outstanding common stock in a transaction not approved by the Board.”
If the plan becomes active, current shareholders will be entitled to a special class of shares sold at a lower-than-market price to acquire controlling equity in the company, thus ending the third party’s ability to gain controlling ownership.
According to Twitter, the Shareholder Rights Plan will remain active until April 14, 2023 — seemingly thwarting Musk from purchasing controlling interest in the social media platform for at least one year.
At this point, Musk’s remaining option would be to lobby current shareholders by convincing them to relinquish their shares in a sale directly to him. In most instances, someone like Musk will be forced to utilize a public campaign to compel shareholders to abandon their right to exercise the purchase options made available through the limited plan.
It remains to be seen what next steps Musk will take in his bid to purchase Twitter.
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Cue "Ride of the Valkyries"
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Elon Musk Trolls Twitter (Spectacularly!) - A Rant
Boy. These bluechecks seem to think this Musk fella is untrustworthy. Good thing he isn't making the cars they drive or anything.
https://odysee.com/@RazorFist:1/elon-musk-trolls-twitter:e
Boy. These bluechecks seem to think this Musk fella is untrustworthy. Good thing he isn't making the cars they drive or anything.
https://odysee.com/@RazorFist:1/elon-musk-trolls-twitter:e
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Or maybe the things the controlled opposition would say the controlled opposition would say about him.
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Or things the controlled opposition would say the controlled opposition would say the controlled opposition would say about him.
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