Well, it seems to me, Elon has a claim to the MAC clause Patrick elucidated in that video.

https://sparktoro.com/blog/sparktoro-followerwonk-joint-twitter-analysis-19-42-of-active-accounts-are-fake-or-spam/ This is the study referenced by Patrick which was referenced originally by Elon. FollowerWonk/SparkToro found that overall ~20% of twitter is fake accounts.

I'm thinking that the bigbrain Elon did with all of this play was to keep us talking. Talk may be cheap, but exposing how much of talk is paid for might change our optics. Don't you think?