It seems that giving up the woke agenda of censoring free speech can free up a lot of a company's time and money - which is how Twitter CEO Elon Musk says he's been able to keep the social media site chugging along, even after a large chunk of his employee base quit after being told they'd no longer be able to crack down on opinions they don't like.
“I think we’re about 20 percent of the original size,” Musk told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson during an exclusive interview Monday night, when asked just how many of his original Twitter employees have quit or been let go since he took over the company last October.
“So 80 percent left,” Carlson clarified.
“Yes. A lot of them voluntarily,” Musk confirmed.
“So 80 percent are gone…so how do you run the company with only 20 percent of the staff?” Carlson asked.
“Turns out, you don’t need all that many people to run Twitter,” Musk answered.
“But 80 percent? That’s a lot,” Tucker pressed.
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“Yes, but if you’re not trying to run some kind of glorified activist organization and you don’t care that much about censorship, then you can really let go of a lot of people, it turns out,” Musk responded, smiling.
Elon Musk on Twitter reducing its staff size by 80% since his takeover: “If you’re not trying to run some glorified activist organization and you don’t care that much about censorship, then you can really let go of a lot of people it turns out.” pic.twitter.com/kdPpOtahb8
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You mean to say that it doesn't take a massive office full of hundreds of Silicon Valley elites to run a website that lets people post short blurbs? Stunning.
Perhaps other companies could learn a thing or two from Musk's business model: run the company, let consumers make their own choices, and stop trying to push an agenda. It might actually save you some cash - and, in cases like Anhueser-Busch, not wreck your entire customer base.