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Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have (more or less) challenged each other to a cage fight. There’s been lots of hype over it. But as a Musk biographer noted in a Twitter Spaces conversation, Musk is “not in hyper training mode.”

Indeed, while Mark Zuckerberg has been practicing jiu-jitsu, Musk admits he’s not in shape for a cage fight.

Hence why Musk biographer Walter Isaacson called the fight a “metaphor.” But is it really? What if the fight happens?

A couple of weeks ago, Musk said he would fight Zuckerberg. The Facebook creator took the comment to heart and responded on Instagram with a screenshot and the text, “send me location.”

But as the days pass, the fight looks more symbolic than anything that will happen.

On Twitter Spaces, Isaacson said: “All this talk about going to the Colosseum for a cage match with Mark Zuckerberg, it’s more of a metaphor for his struggle with Meta and Zuckerberg — I don’t know if that will really happen, no.”

Many suspect the saber-rattling started with Zuckerberg announcing Threads, a Twitter-like app aimed to displace Twitter’s market share.

Since Elon Musk came out against the lockdowns in 2020, the media have given him the Saddam Hussein treatment. The corporate press demonizes and ridicules Musk, and masses of useful idiots repeat the narrative as if it were an original thought.

This propaganda campaign against Musk has been effective. Many celebrities and media brands (such as PBS) have left Twitter since Musk took over the reins.

While the actual Musk/Zuckerberg cage fight might be cheap entertainment, the underlying rivalry between Twitter and Threads is the critical factor.

Since buying Twitter, Musk has exposed the unholy alliance between alphabet agencies and the social media platform.

Through the work of dedicated journalists, the “Twitter Files” exposed just how much the FBI worked with Twitter to bury the Hunter Biden laptop story.

Thanks to the Twitter Files, we know the truth. Censors threw people with contrary opinions into a “Russian disinformation” category. The algorithm punished them for “wrongthink.”

People criticize that since Musk bought Twitter, it’s becoming an echo chamber for the “right-wing.” But clearly, before Musk bought Twitter, it was an echo chamber for the corporate state.

And that’s the real threat behind Threads. While Musk’s Twitter isn’t perfect, it respects free speech more than the old FBI-influenced version.

But with Threads? Look no further than Zuckerberg on Joe Rogan’s podcast. He admits that when the FBI says, “This is Russian misinformation, your platform needs to censor it,” Zuckerberg wholeheartedly agrees.

It’s one thing to boast on social media. But will the Musk/Zuckerberg cage fight actually happen? Last week, podcaster Lex Fridman posted photos of him and Musk doing martial arts training.

“I’m extremely impressed with his strength, power, and skill, on the feet and on the ground,” Fridman tweeted. “It was epic.”

Meanwhile, Zuckerberg is continuing to train and work out. Earlier this year, he won some jiu-jitsu tournaments.

The Italian government is also interested in having the fight at Rome’s Colosseum.

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