Can we buy our way back?

submitted by nolivesmatter from self.censorship

A thought occurred to me tonight. Is it possible for someone or a group to buy enough shares of twitter, facebook, google, etc. to own a controlling interest? If so we could open them back up again.

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[–][deleted] 11 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

LMAO NO, these assholes control the flow of money. Why the fuck are people willing to play the same game these people played to get power?

Boycott them and don't use their shit. They are parasites, they will not last long without us holding them up. We don't need Facebook, Google, or the Left or Right.

[–]C3P0 7 insightful - 10 fun7 insightful - 9 fun8 insightful - 10 fun -  (2 children)

How many billion dollars do you need to buy 51% of Twitter? I can contribute four dollars if it helps.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 5 fun4 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

I got $2.

[–]JasonCarswell 4 insightful - 5 fun4 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

You won't get my two cents.

[–][deleted] 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Twitter has 5,200,000,000 shares of capital stock, sold at $53.26 per share — and this can change quickly.

In order to buy more than half (2,600,000,001) shares: you would need $138.48B. For scale: this is approximately fifty-six Donald Trumps, or five percent of the federal deficit for 2020 (rounding up). Keep in mind: Twitter doesn't pay dividends, so you wouldn't be making any of this money back.

This is assuming investors are actually willing to sell — and they probably won't be if you only pay market price. Ideologues like Jack Dorsey will probably never sell, preferring to grip onto power like a Middle Eastern dictator.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Nice!

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Totally possible, cool idea.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Not.

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    [–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    Zionists are the problem.

    [–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    You can try but you would fail.

    They recently just created trillions and gave it to their friends. (((THEY))) control the creation of money, the Federal Reserve, the banks, the internet, the media, the infrastructure, the production, the food, the black markets, etc.

    You may buy what they let you buy.
    You can never buy control.

    Better to build decentralized alternative platforms, support open transparent uncensored authentic voices of the masses, influence as much as you can, and build up mass power rather than central control.

    [–]Tarrock 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    It's possible, but it's not going to happen.

    [–]asterias 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    The thing is that by buying their shares you also support them financially. Isn't it better to support something new instead?