@chargrille

Follow the money...

Alwaleed bin Talal is in charge of Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund.
https://electrek.co/2025/04/07/elon-musk-sets-stage-tesla-bail-out-twitter-xai-insane-valuation/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Waleed_bin_Talal_Al_Saud

Sovereign wealth funds are notorious for their criminal level public corruption
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-15/alwaleed-s-kingdom-is-said-to-revive-talks-for-1-billion-loan

He was incarcerated by MBS for 83 days
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-05/kingdom-holding-posts-profit-as-billionaire-chairman-is-arrested

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-05/saudi-arabia-arrests-billionaire-alwaleed-al-eqtisadiah-reports

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-03-20/alwaleed-reveals-secret-deal-struck-to-exit-ritz-after-83-days

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-29/kingdom-holding-buys-450-million-citigroup-stake-from-alwaleed

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-27/gates-calls-detained-saudi-prince-alwaleed-important-partner

The Saudis hacked Bezos phone & who knows what extortion resulted

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/21/amazon-boss-jeff-bezoss-phone-hacked-by-saudi-crown-prince

He's invested billions in a succession of Musk's businesses and lost money each time, yet still invests again.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/01/musk-twitter-investors-underwater/

https://dailytimes.com.pk/1281378/elon-musks-xai-acquires-x-in-deal-valued-at-33-billion-boosting-ai-growth/

The non-monetary goal that petrostate despots want to achieve is the end of any democracy daring to act on climate change.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/28/saudis-kingdom-holding-company-to-maintain-twitter-stake

https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-investors-elon-musks-x-revealed-court-filing-1942970

https://www.thenationalnews.com/future/technology/2024/05/27/elon-musk-xai/

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/technology/2024/11/21/musk-trump-alliance-has-gulf-wealth-funds-eyeing-more-us-deals/

Who knows what techbros like Larry Ellison, Peter Thiel, & Musk are doing to help...

@morgan

The book "Ministry of the Future" describes a multi-front assault on climate change & the moneyed behind climate denial

If only the wealthy would participate in saving the planet. Instead they kneecap every attempt

1. Criminalizing protests
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/26/anti-protest-laws-fossil-fuel-lobby

https://thebulletin.org/2024/07/in-the-uk-a-dangerous-escalation-in-the-criminalization-of-climate-protests/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/14/climate/uk-climate-protests-policing-laws-prison-intl/index.html

2. Buying elections

https://www.desmog.com/2024/08/14/project-2025-billionaire-donor-heritage-foundation-donald-trump-jd-vance-charles-koch-peter-coors/

3. Suing climate defenders

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/greenpeace-lawsuit-energy-transfer-dakota-pipeline

https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/verdict/

4. Attacking democracy

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/inside-the-koch-backed-effort-to-block-the-largest-election-reform-bill-in-half-a-century