Elon Just Bought Twitter
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He could pull a Soros and buy the actual real-world government from the local level up.
Not with just $43 bil he couldn't.
And I suspect that a Twitter acquisition has far more potential than "owning" $43 bil of local governments. Neither give you full control of the thing you bought, by the way.
Soros spends a few million here and there strategically to buy judges, DAs, etc. Or do like Zuckerburg and buy the election in swing states. 43 billion go a long way.
The other thing to consider is that his 43 billion didn't just vanish when he bought Twitter. He now has an asset worth 43 billion. If you buy off judges, DAs, etc., that's a one time thing. You cannot "resell" a bought judge.