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> An example of this transactional behavior is calling out Saudi Arabia for lack of free speech while owning twitter which is interesting because he didn't have much problem with SA when they held 4.x percent of Tesla a few years back.

what are you even expecting here? he should've called them out for lack of free speech when they owned tesla? was there some instigating event during that time period which he ignored more than every other public figure? (i don't think we expect all public figures to make annual condemnations of every nation that does anything we consider appropriate. do we?)

as far as i know, he was snarking at saudia arabia's involvement in twitter because they commented negatively on his buyout proposal.



I expect people who says that specific freedoms and/or principles are important to them to let such beliefs guide all their actions not just when it is convenient for them.

I expect them to also live under the same sort of rules and regulations they would have the rest of us live under.

Being honest and not lying often would be nice too.




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