Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, just called AOC by most, and Elon Musk are politically worlds apart – here the left-wing Democrat MP in the House of Representatives, there the richest man in the world, who occasionally flirts with Donald Trump. The new owner of the platform and the US politician have now clashed on Twitter.
The starting point was – as so often these days – verification on Twitter, the so-called “blue tick”. Musk wants to monetize this feature and will charge eight euros a month for it in the future. Ocasio-Cortez quipped, “I laugh my ass off that a billionaire is seriously trying to sell people that free speech means an $8 a month subscription.” Musk’s counterattack followed promptly. The 51-year-old obviously didn’t want to get involved in a substantive discussion, but merely thanked for the “feedback” and added: “Now pay eight dollars.”
But that was not the end of the Twitter clash between the entrepreneur and the MP. Because Musk didn’t want to leave it at his harsh tweet. He followed up and tweeted a screenshot showing a jumper from AOC’s fashion collection. He had circled the price: $58. Musk only commented on the screenshot with a thoughtful emoji – he probably wanted to express that the politician also likes to earn money where she finds the opportunity.
This time it was up to Ocasio-Cortez to retaliate. “My workers are unionized, get full health insurance and benefits like child care, and everyone gets a living wage. Proceeds go to charitable causes like tutoring underserved children,” she said. At the same time, she attacked the head of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter, accusing him of cracking down on unions and making money by “underpaying and treating people badly”.
In the past, the entrepreneur has rarely made a secret of how little he thinks of unions and has sometimes clashed with the US Labor Protection Agency as a result. Musk is also cracking down on Twitter: Almost immediately after his takeover, he fired the management level and is said to be planning further massive cuts. According to “Bloomberg” he wants to lay off more than half of the 7,000 Twitter employees.
Sources: Twitter / Twitter (2) / “Bloomberg”
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