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Musk bought Twitter for fun. It’s time to end the joke

The Tesla chairwoman lacks the authority to convince her chief executive to dump Twitter and return to the electric car marker full-time.

Aaron PatrickSenior correspondent
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Don’t get me wrong. Elon Musk’s leveraged buyout of Twitter was my favourite business story of 2022.

A 21-year-old, dope-smoking libertarian -- in a 50-year-old’s body – became the richest man in the world and decided to spend $60 billion on a chat room – for fun.

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Aaron Patrick is the senior correspondent. He writes about politics and business from the Sydney newsroom. Email Aaron at apatrick@afr.com

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