A number of "captains of industry" and other "heros" had dubious moral and political views. Henry Ford accepted a medal from Hitler. Charles Lindbergh was a fascist and racist.

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