For years, Elon Musk warned us. 2018: he said he'd build a site where the public could rate the credibility of journalists and outlets. Feb 26, 2023: "For a *very* long time, US media was racist against non-white people, now they're racist against whites & Asians. Same thing happened with elite colleges & high schools in America. Maybe they can try not being racist." Racism against anyone is racism. That point shouldn't be controversial. Then Elon put his money where his mouth was: • April 14, 2022: offered $54.20/share, about 38% above Twitter's price before his stake became public. Total deal: $44B. • April 25, 2022: "Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated." • Oct 19, 2022: "myself and the other investors are obviously overpaying for Twitter right now." • Oct 27, 2022, in his own words: "I didn't do it to make more money. I did it to try to help humanity, whom I love." Then came the Twitter Files (Dec 2022). They showed the Hunter Biden laptop story being suppressed in Oct 2020, and hidden "visibility filtering" of accounts. Legacy media called Elon Musk a villain. History will call it the most expensive defense of free speech ever made.