The richest man in the world, entrepreneur Elon Musk has agreed with the board of directors of Twitter to buy the social network. It will cost him $44 billion. What does this say about Musk himself, the psychologist comments.
The deal is expected to close by the end of 2022. According to Reuters, Elon Musk provided $ 21 billion for the acquisition of Twitter from personal funds, the rest of the necessary amount was allocated to the businessman by a group of American banks led by Morgan Stanely — on the security of Tesla shares (a company owned by Elon Musk).
The reason for such an expensive purchase is that Elon Musk is one of the brightest representatives of narcissists, Gestalt therapist Dmitry Gavrilov is sure.
“Everything he does should be unusual, it is vital for him to stand out. Even if you remember the name of the first child of the singer Grimes (Claire Alice Boucher) and Ilona — X Æ A-12, many still do not understand how to regard the decision of the couple to name the baby that way, as a crazy trick or as a brilliant PR, ”said the specialist.
The psychotherapist also recalled Elon Musk’s relationship with the no less scandalous actress Amber Heard, the entrepreneur’s public statements about politicians and numerous disputes on Twitter.
“The mask really needs to be in the spotlight, he loves to be talked about. He has almost no “calm” tweets, news about a billionaire always attracts close attention and great popularity. And now, it would seem, this social network has surrendered to him? Yes, of course, analysts talk about Musk’s subtle takeover of Twitter, but he himself wrote that he did not want to be the head of the social network. And now he wants to. And such determination (I want to do it, I don’t want to do it) causes envy in some and admiration in others, but definitely not indifference,” Gavrilov noted. “That’s exactly what Musk needs.
It is like the latest version of software — it should always be better, faster and different.
This is where his narcissistic nature is manifested — everyone around him should be surprised at his scale.
Musk himself assures that he is going to unleash the potential of the social network Twitter. Back in mid-April 2022, he stated that he dreamed of turning this platform into a place for “expressing freedom of speech around the world.”
“Freedom of speech is the foundation of democracy, and Twitter is a digital square where topics vital to the future of humanity are discussed,” the businessman noted. “I want to make Twitter better than before: add new features, make the source code publicly available to gain user trust, get rid of spambots, and authenticate all people. Twitter has a lot of potential and I can’t wait to work with the company and the user community to unleash it.»