I agree with most of what you're saying. I think it will largely be ignored. That said, ignoring it is folly.
I hear this is a threat to democracy, that is a threat to democracy...well this IS a threat to Democracy. This is the "Undermining, bit by bit, the institutions and norms that check the power of the executive."
We, you and I both, do not want Elon to turn Twitter into a propoganda machine for the Right. We do not want Zuckerberg to turn Facebook into a GOP tool. Ignoring this event doesn't mean that will happen, but it sure as [edited by Mark] doesn't help in the fight to prevent it.