Really interesting the almost universally negative replies to this. From the class of people who gush about whatever latest shiny device Apple put out. Is it jealousy? Or politically motivated?
He’s revealed his hand, in that he’s not a Blue Tribe member like most other tech CEOs.
So now, every member of the Blue Tribe hate him. They will attack him just as they attack anyone prominent from outside their own tribe.
Tribalism sucks. I wish people could rise above it.
What I do think people don’t give credit Musk enough for is that he’s willing to put money into some completely bonkers ideas and make them work. EV’s and affordable space travel were laughable ideas until Tesla and SpaceX. Without Elon we would not have the nuspace industry as it exists today