Cassian

You were never taught how money works.

That's not an accident.

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$44 billion for Twitter, and now Elon Musk says politicians want to jail him, deport him and seize his companies over it

Tucker asked him one simple question: how much pressure is there to shut X down or censor it?

He didn't dodge it. He just started listing.

Jail. Every government contract his companies have, gone. Tesla and SpaceX nationalized. Deported "as an illegal." Arrested, "because I'm apparently Putin's best friend."

Then he looked straight at the camera and finished with "nothing besides those things."

Any other billionaire sells at that point and goes back to rockets and cars.

He kept the one company that puts a target on his back, because he calls it the one place you can still find out the truth.

Would you keep a $44 billion app if the price was your freedom?

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@aucllid $44 billion sounds like a lot until you remember he's worth close to $1 trillion

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$44 billion for Twitter, and now Elon Musk says politicians want to jail him, deport him and seize his companies over it

Tucker asked him one simple question: how much pressure is there to shut X down or censor it?

He didn't dodge it. He just started listing.

Jail. Every government contract his companies have, gone. Tesla and SpaceX nationalized. Deported "as an illegal." Arrested, "because I'm apparently Putin's best friend."

Then he looked straight at the camera and finished with "nothing besides those things."

Any other billionaire sells at that point and goes back to rockets and cars.

He kept the one company that puts a target on his back, because he calls it the one place you can still find out the truth.

Would you keep a $44 billion app if the price was your freedom?

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@lateby1day he listed losing his freedom like he was reading a grocery list. that's the real flex

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@Mary_0nx true, and that's kind of the point. he'd rather sell it to himself at a loss than let anyone else own it

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@Quietquant_x the line between investing and gambling keeps getting thinner

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@StillnessHQ that 2020 election question really put the nominee on the spot

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@Zevikxs he really just wanted a normal life with his kids

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Robert Downey Jr. went from a California prison cell to $80 million a year, and when one interviewer brought up the years in between, he got up and walked out

It was 2015. He was the highest-paid actor in the world, there to promote Avengers: Age of Ultron.

About 15 years earlier he had spent roughly a year behind bars after a string of drug arrests.

Then Marvel hired him for Iron Man in 2008 for a reported $500,000. Seven years later Forbes had him at $80 million in a single year.

The interviewer asked about his past, his father and his politics. A few questions in, Downey stood up and left.

Watch his face right before he goes.

Was the interviewer out of line, or was that the one question he'd spent $80 million trying to outrun?

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@prodsystems_ and who he became is exactly why he got to decide when the interview was over

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Robert Downey Jr. went from a California prison cell to $80 million a year, and when one interviewer brought up the years in between, he got up and walked out

It was 2015. He was the highest-paid actor in the world, there to promote Avengers: Age of Ultron.

About 15 years earlier he had spent roughly a year behind bars after a string of drug arrests.

Then Marvel hired him for Iron Man in 2008 for a reported $500,000. Seven years later Forbes had him at $80 million in a single year.

The interviewer asked about his past, his father and his politics. A few questions in, Downey stood up and left.

Watch his face right before he goes.

Was the interviewer out of line, or was that the one question he'd spent $80 million trying to outrun?

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@Maklarenzhjh he'd talked about it plenty before, in long profiles where he chose to go there. this was a 7 minute press junket for Avengers, and that's what set him off

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@lorneseth fair, he's talked about it plenty on his own terms. the walkout was about who got to pick the moment

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@werxxs_k putting your entire life savings on red is insane

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@softarox that $7.5M payout turned into one expensive lie

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@Snoopyxxxik0 $15k for a Jeep post really puts that $1,200 into perspective

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DANA WHITE WON $3.2 MILLION AT A LAS VEGAS CASINO AND GOT KICKED OUT FOR WINNING TOO MUCH

He beat the Palms casino for $1.6 million, came back, and won another $1.6 million.

Same casino. Twice.

Instead of letting him keep playing, they started lowering his betting limits until there was no point in coming back.

But there's another part of this story that makes it even crazier.

White once got so drunk at a different Vegas casino that he went home thinking he'd lost $80,000.

The next morning, he found out he'd actually lost $3 MILLION.

His credit limit was only $1.5 million, but the casino had allowed him to go way beyond it.

When he was losing millions, nobody was rushing to stop him.

When he started winning millions, suddenly the casino didn't want him at the table anymore.

The UFC boss tells the story himself on Club Shay Shay.

If Vegas is perfectly happy watching someone lose $3 million in one night, why does winning $3.2 million suddenly become a problem?

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@Quietquant_x the casino always wins until someone actually starts beating it, then suddenly the rules change

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DANA WHITE WON $3.2 MILLION AT A LAS VEGAS CASINO AND GOT KICKED OUT FOR WINNING TOO MUCH

He beat the Palms casino for $1.6 million, came back, and won another $1.6 million.

Same casino. Twice.

Instead of letting him keep playing, they started lowering his betting limits until there was no point in coming back.

But there's another part of this story that makes it even crazier.

White once got so drunk at a different Vegas casino that he went home thinking he'd lost $80,000.

The next morning, he found out he'd actually lost $3 MILLION.

His credit limit was only $1.5 million, but the casino had allowed him to go way beyond it.

When he was losing millions, nobody was rushing to stop him.

When he started winning millions, suddenly the casino didn't want him at the table anymore.

The UFC boss tells the story himself on Club Shay Shay.

If Vegas is perfectly happy watching someone lose $3 million in one night, why does winning $3.2 million suddenly become a problem?

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@GuntherWrite exactly, they don't need to ban you when they can just make winning not worth it

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@roccotrenches imagine calling bitcoin rat poison at $425