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I still think he has great intuition, better than anyone I am aware of, and his actions have been rooted in first principles. Unfortunately, he deviates from his ideals when he is threatened (justly or unjustly) and we, normal people, get to deal with consequences because he has billions of dollars and thus he matters more than others.

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The only “consequences” as I see them with Elon doing what you’ve described is that I’ve had to deal with are people around me kvetching about the dude. Which is a consequence that’s very easy for me to ignore. As easy as it is for me to ignore the dude himself.

I suspect you probably mean more severe “consequences” though.

Would you mind sharing some? Maybe seeing outside my own bubble here will lessen my cynicism

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