Posted on 11/30/2023 7:21:15 AM PST by lasereye
Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, says the advertisers that have stopped spending on the platform due to his endorsement of an antisemitic post can “f——” themselves.
“What it’s going to do is it’s going to kill the company, and the whole world will know the advertisers killed the company,” Musk said at the New York Times DealBook conference on Wednesday. “Go f—- yourself.”
The post was the “worst and dumbest I’ve ever done,” said Musk.
Still, if advertisers leave the company, its failure will be their fault, not his — saying they were trying to “blackmail me with money,” he said. “I won’t tap dance” to prove trustworthy, he said.
Earlier this month, Musk agreed with a post that said Jewish people hold a “dialectical hatred” of white people. That message has since drawn criticism from the White House as well as several Tesla investors. Major corporate spenders, including Walt Disney Co. and Apple Inc., distanced themselves from the platform.
For the first time since the post spurred a global backlash, Musk apologized for his choice of words, according to a video posted to the New York Times’ account on X. Musk, who flew to Israel to tour areas that were impacted by the Oct. 7 Hamas attack alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said the trip was planned before the advertiser backlash.
Musk has had a contentious relationship with the Biden administration and said on Wednesday that he couldn’t see himself voting for President Joe Biden in the 2024 US presidential election.
He cited the president’s snub of Tesla, a reference to a 2021 electric vehicle summit where Biden invited legacy Detroit automakers to the White House but left out Musk and Tesla.
Since then, Musk has appeared to be leaning closer to the Republican party.
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This might be more readable.
Country~~~~~~~~~No. Of Users~~~~~~~~~Population~~~~~~~~~Country World Rank~~~~~~~~~Percent Users
United States~~~~~~~~~95,400,000~~~~~~~~~334,233,854~~~~~~~~~3~~~~~~~~~28.54%
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India~~~~~~~~~27,250,000~~~~~~~~~1,392,329,000~~~~~~~~~2~~~~~~~~~1.96%
Indonesia~~~~~~~~~24,000,000~~~~~~~~~279,118,866~~~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~~8.60%
Brazil~~~~~~~~~24,300,000~~~~~~~~~203,062,512~~~~~~~~~7~~~~~~~~~11.97%
Mexico~~~~~~~~~17,200,000~~~~~~~~~129,202,482~~~~~~~~~10~~~~~~~~~13.31%
Japan~~~~~~~~~67,450,000~~~~~~~~~124,340,000~~~~~~~~~11~~~~~~~~~54.25%
Philippines~~~~~~~~~11,800,000~~~~~~~~~112,892,781~~~~~~~~~12~~~~~~~~~10.45%
Turkey~~~~~~~~~18,550,000~~~~~~~~~85,279,553~~~~~~~~~17~~~~~~~~~21.75%
Germany~~~~~~~~~14,100,000~~~~~~~~~84,482,267~~~~~~~~~18~~~~~~~~~16.69%
Thailand~~~~~~~~~14,600,000~~~~~~~~~68,263,022~~~~~~~~~20~~~~~~~~~21.39%
France~~~~~~~~~13,700,000~~~~~~~~~68,184,000~~~~~~~~~21~~~~~~~~~20.09%
United Kingdom~~~~~~~~~23,150,000~~~~~~~~~67,026,292~~~~~~~~~22~~~~~~~~~34.54%
Saudi Arabia~~~~~~~~~15,500,000~~~~~~~~~32,175,224~~~~~~~~~46~~~~~~~~~48.17%
Totals not/inc US~~~~~~~~~271,600,000~~~~~~~~~2,646,355,999~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Twitter Info:
https://www.demandsage.com/twitter-statistics/ September 2023
Population info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population
BTW, China is not on the list as it is officially banned in China, although there seems to be a surge in traffic.
https://cybernews.com/news/twitter-china-downloads-surge/
Obama, VJ and Holder are behind this.
How DID VJ pass an FBI security check?
Thanks for correcting that lie.
They will make up shit they say you said but didn’t, then use your denile as evidence for your arrest.
While he may have believed this privately, he never should have said this publicly. This public retractions shows his enemies he's desperate. Bad move.
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