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It's certainly possible that that was the order of things, but given that Twitter started out somewhat more idealistic and open, I wouldn't be surprised if as soon as the financial ties and responsibilities toward Twitter fell away, he had a chance to look around at the state of the internet and feel genuine remorse.
Fuck him regardless, but I don't think he necessarily planned it to be this way. It's reasonably likely that we're watching a monster finally start to process how much harm they've caused the world.