Ever heard of the Match King? This is not an uncommon pattern in history as late stage bull markets turn to bear and reveal which of Wall Street's favorites were just frauds riding a wave of liquidity the whole time.

If I was to look for some kind of conspiratorial hints in Musk's past I'd probably focus on how he was allowed to skate for committing blatant multi-billion dollar securities fraud with the "funding secured," tweet, or what was going on with Jeffrey Epstein getting tours of SpaceX facilities and advising him on whom to pick for the Tesla board.

It's kind of difficult to even think it's a conspiracy when you can read his Twitter meltdowns in real time. Its pretty different then a jack ma disappearing type situation. Kanye was apparently also pretty crazy for a while before getting a unrestricted Twitter feed and outing himself. Who knows where elons reputation would be if he just kept to himself