Elon Musk actually said...

"Well, I think it's very important for there to be an inclusive arena for free speech, where -- yes. Twitter has become kind of the de facto town square, so it's just really important that people have ..."

"The government is simply the biggest corporation with a monopoly on violence and where you have no recourse."

"I believe free speech is societal imperative for a functioning democracy. I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be tran..."

"I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I were to guess what our biggest existential threat is, it's probably that."