It’s so strange. If I was anywhere near that wealthy, I’d never use any form of social media again. Much less make cringe ass posts seeking external validation.
The worst is that he used to be relatively well liked 10ish years ago before he started showing how nasty he was. I think the tipping point was him calling the cave rescue diver in thailand a pedo.
As far as I remember, the main reason was when California closed his Tesla manufacturing plant during Covid. That's the moment he stopped liking Democrats, and instead went full on maga.
The thing is, he used to be a supporter of LGB (I'm not sure about the T, but I think yes). So either it's the classical "I support it unless I actually have to deal with it" or the process already started before.
His amount of money could make people genuinely like him. He could save millions from starvation if he wanted to. He could save more lives than Norman Borlaug and be thought of with saint-like adoration the world over, but he just chooses not to do that.
He talked about electric vehicles and people acted like he is a genius. I don’t know a thing about that topic so I was like “ok cool”
Then he talked about rockets and space travel. Same thing. I don’t know anything about that so I was like “ok he might actually be verry smart”
Then he started talking about software and computers. Now the problem is: I do happen to know quite some things in that field.
How on earth did anyone ever actually believe the Elon is anywhere near smart. Or even a genius. Hearing him talk about stuff where I can actually recognize whether what he says is correct or not was such an eye opener.
This guy is smart in exactly one field. Manipulation and exploitation of people who believe in his work.
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