The 'Myth of Elon Musk' Was His Most Valuable Asset
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Between Starlink/SpaceX and Tesla I'd say he's still looking pretty solid objectively even with the ongoing Twitter shitshow.
The other thing I'm wondering about is what the end goal is with Twitter. Articles like this are judging outcomes without knowing the goal which to me seems like a substantial reasoning mistake. Money? Ego? Some vague free speech ideological thing? Best as I can tell only he knows (perhaps not even him)
Similar to the NYT, Twitter has been hyped up into some kind of far-left communist shibboleth in certain circles, which is a bit bemusing to outside observers.
It's like gamergate for billionaires.
Had Elon not bought Twitter he would be tens of billions richer and not widely known to be one of those "libertarians" who find authoritarians, fascists, and misogynists to be fine people.
As for "myth," the most creepy icky aspect isn't political. Elon, in an interview, claimed he held one of his children as they died. The mother of that child and an ex-wife, refutes that claim.
Here is her tweet (of course): https://twitter.com/justinemusk/status/1595506087570333696?r...
There's something wrong with that guy
He lost the mystique of being a super smart visionary and let us all see that he is really just a baffoon who lucked out with dad's money. Twitter is like watching a 5 year old deciding if he likes his toys or not
You sure you're not confusing Trump and Musk? Musk didn't inherit any significant wealth to my knowledge
Elon denies it, but he appears to be a pathological liar, so take that for what you will.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/01/elon-musk...
Musk likeability is now well below 50%, it's way less than Biden's , on par with Trump's
A social movement is only on the rise as long as the number of believers is greater than the number of skeptics, as soon as there is a reversal the downward spiral begins.
I take it you have never left the city
Urban vs. non-urban or the location of the believers vs. haters, all that is only a concern of people who are entrusted by the parties leadership to engage in massive operations of gerrymandering.