“A bird is liberated.” Elon Musk approved of his $44 billion acquisition of the microblogging platform Twitter in the most Musk-like way possible.
But the allusion has multiple metaphorical meanings. The Twitter bird emblem is the first thing that comes to mind, but Musk’s advocacy for “free expression” has a deeper connotation that he has long hoped to bring to the table with his precarious agreement.
Musk, who is well-known in the media for his unpredictable behaviour, has consistently appeared to struggle between the red pill and the blue pill, or between his sometimes (most of the time) apparent libertarian and conservative viewpoints. It remains to be seen if this takeover would cause the bird’s flight to pursue an eternally meandering path. But the significance of this takeover for Twitter is the talk of expert columns.
Experts speculate that this may also be affected by the fact that Musk’s overpriced business venture Twitter is more than simply a personal project for him. Musk had to work extremely hard to finance the massive transaction, which was financed primarily with his own funds and $13 billion from banks at a high interest rate.