Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36142112)

Musk keeps using the phrase "Vox Populi Vox Dei" to show he’s listening to "the people".

Amusingly, the context of the phrase in its original setting means exactly the opposite - it was originated by a learned scholar (Alcuin) in Charlemagne’s court, and he advised the King



Which translates to

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 36142117)

Putting the phrase in a different context does not change the translation.

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36142118)

It’s the original context, not a different one…

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 36142131)

Are you saying that's the first time the phrase was ever used or that it is the first recorded time?

Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36142165)

I wonder if he is slowly trying to get out of Telsa, he has sold a lot of shares in it over the last year and the price has dropped a lot. A lot of that is just a market correction as Telsa was absurdly overvalued compared to other car companies but with those companies taking a stronger interest in electric models as well as the problems Telsa have had it might be something he wants to get rid of.

Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36142194)

Always great to see the captains of British industry and Investment weighing in with their assessment!

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36142162)

Interesting to see that Twitter is now trying to raise more money.


There are two schools of thought on what the money is for:

https://www.ft.com/content/bb047c8f-...b-50d0494c8c48

It's also interesting to note Musk's share sales in Tesla. In April, he said he would not sell more stock in the company. This week, he sold $3.6bn in Tesla.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63981767

I think Musk is learning what Truss and Kwarteng learnt the hard way: that business (in his case, advertisers) doesn't like uncertainty and Twitter under Musk is delivering uncertainty by the car load!