As Twitchy reported earlier, it looks like Elon Musk is now the official owner of Twitter after purchasing it for some $43 billion. Celebrities are already going nuts as we’ve shown, but we’re also noticing that mainstream journalists are wary of Musk owning Twitter: CNN+’s Brian Stelter, for example, foresees a party “where there are no rules” and there is “total freedom for everybody.” That sounds like a good party.
As of this writing, you still have 16 hours to vote in this poll posted by Voice of America’s United Nations correspondent, Margaret Besheer. She asks which is a better use of Musk’s $43 billion: end world hunger or buy Twitter, the latter of which is currently winning by 90 percent. It’s pretty laughable that Besheer thinks that $43 billion would end world hunger — America’s “war on poverty” has sunk how many billions over the last few decades, and look where we are now.
Which is a better use of @elonmusk 's $43 Billion?:
— Margaret Besheer (@mbesheer) April 25, 2022
🤦♂️
(He addressed this last year: https://t.co/YIAhlhVpcU)
— The Science (@jszpicki) April 25, 2022
I love democracy pic.twitter.com/Sbe0MvoTZt
— Maxii (RG) ⚡️ (@Maxdenver0) April 25, 2022
Why haven’t you ended world hunger?
— David Morgan (@StarCoreOne02) April 25, 2022
Who should decide how he spends his money?
— platospupil (@platospupil) April 25, 2022
What would improve the world more?
— 𝕃𝕠𝕘𝕚𝕔 (@logicbot3000) April 25, 2022
Did you post something similar when Bezos bought the Post?
— Tom Thumb (@stupodaccount49) April 25, 2022
Bear in mind that you could have asked the same question of Twitter shareholders up to now. Never mind that you haven't shown your math for 'ending world hunger'.
— Ricardo (@tall_n_rich) April 25, 2022
Tell me your net worth and I’ll create a poll so that Twitter can determine the best use of your money.
— Hainesy (@hainesy99) April 25, 2022
I think he should increase world hunger.
— Patrick Henigan (@JaxFitAcademy) April 25, 2022
There’s a few billionaires out there. I don’t see them doing as much for the world as Elon does.
how do you spend your paycheck maybe there’s a better use for it— Sal LaBarbera (@Sal_LaBarbera) April 25, 2022
lol, you think only money will stop world hunger?
It would stop for a few days and start back over again
There are lot more variables other than "money" that create world hunger
— Rager 📈 (@Rager) April 25, 2022
Is what @elonmusk does with his money any business of @mbesheer ?
— Bonk (@BonkPolitics) April 25, 2022
Using 43 billion to alleviate world hunger is appealing but a few weeks later when the money is gone, and people are still starving and homeless, you might regret not buying Twitter instead to influence social change and explore root causes of wealth inequality
— Mike Britt Jr 🕊️🔮💾🎸🥁🎙🧲🚬👽💤🍀🍄🍕☕🧋🏛 (@infinitebritt) April 25, 2022
Let’s talk about how Margaret should spend her money because her money is really our money, right?
— Jack won’t forget (@oaaselect) April 25, 2022
She can’t single-handedly end world hunger but she can make at least a few people less hungry.
So do we get to vote whether she should do that instead of, say, buying a new car or taking a personal vacation?
— South Jersey Giants (@SouthJerzGiants) April 25, 2022
It figures someone who covers the embarrassment that is the United Nations for a living would have no clue how to allocate that money to end world hunger.
Hey, here’s another one:
The $44 billion Elon Musk just spent on Twitter could buy roughly 2 billion mRNA COVID vaccine doses for the world.
— Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran) April 25, 2022
Related:
CONFIRMED: Twitter has officially been sold to Elon Musk (and there was much rejoicing UNLESS you’re a joyless harpy who hates free speech)https://t.co/8Q91k477fi
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 25, 2022
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