Well, guys, at this point, I have to admit I was wrong. The Elon Musk stuff starts about 24:00 in. I have argued many times in this thread that Tim is actually still a very leftwing person, that he hasn't changed his positions from earlier and simply avoids talking about them altogether. However, we see here that is not the case.
Tim is excited for Elon Musk to buy Twitter. And it's not
just Twitter. Tim goes on to talk about SpaceX, and some other private company Musk owns, and Tesla. And then he says it: "this guy is taking over the world". Then he catches himself, and says "I'm not a fan of centralized power".
No, Tim. No you are not. So why did you say that?
"But Elon Musk is the tip of a spear against centralized power."
No, Tim, no he is not. That is a nice rhetorical flourish, but it doesn't change what you just expressed. You are staring down a single man, a man potentially worth, by your own admission, trillions of dollars. And you are happy because you think he's on your side.
Elon Musk buying up Twitter is not necessarily a good thing for everyone. He could do some crazy shit like...make all his new Teslas Twitter-compatible. You can tweet from an interface in your car now! Not only does that drive up the price of his cars, but it gets more people to join Twitter, and suddenly Musk's getting crazy money on both ends from new consumers. That's what we call a "monopoly".
This is the guy who reported on Occupy Wall Street because he actually had an issue with rich elites controlling an absurd stake of the world. And now, look at him. Rich himself, arguing for gatekeeping on TikTok, and gleefully praising a trillionaire for purchasing a company that is resisting him at every turn in a hostile takeover. All the while he clings to his solitary anti-abortion argument even though he has admitted it involves killing children, and ignores that principle when it comes to other medical procedures.
I give up, Kiwis. Tim Pool is a grifter. There is not a shell of his old principle left in him.