The worst of the worst - former TV host, former president, Florida retiree known for rabid rants, Donald Trump, led the line of losers getting a second chance to rave again on Twitter.
Marjorie Taylor Greene and other white Christian supremacists who were banned have got their claws back and their rejoicing.
But for how long?
As Musk passes out megaphones to further pollute the Twitterverse advertisers are fleeing from the site. The writing may be on the wall right before us.
I'm not sure Musk thought the deal over that much. It seemed like an impulse at the time when he agreed to purchase Twitter. Afterall, it was already losing money. Maybe he actually believed he could make a profit by stripping his human resources to the bone.
That's not the way things like this work.
So, what then?
The whole thing was just a lark for a bored billionaire? He took bad advice? He wouldn't take any advice?
There are too many billionaires openly and contemptuously displaying their power in public these days without restraints.
Because Musk's space satellites help the United States see what's happening on the ground between Russia and Ukraine, Congress doesn't have enough incentive (or guts) to challenge Twitter's content - even if it does cause riots and raging racism.
When Congress does get exasperated and calls Musk in to face a committee nothing - let me repeat this - NOTHING ever happens.
Moonface Musk can toy with the American people all he wants because he's wealthy beyond measure.
It used to be that billionaires kept a lower profile, preferring to keep their agenda behind closed doors with the use of dark money. Don't get me wrong, they still do, but this new generation of billionaires are without shame or conscience.
As it stands, the last thing this country needed right now was an avalanche of more vile and violent rhetoric into the public discourse.
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