It's funny to see how Elon went from a hero of the left (omg EVs! omg Mars!) to a hated villain just because he took away (he didn't really though) their favorite web chat application.
> hero of the left [...] omg Mars!
"The left" doesn't give a shit about Mars. Some space-romantics who may or may not be on the left, give a shit about Mars.
[1] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/elon-musk-thai-...
But it seems pretty absurd to charge Elon Musk with under-delivering. Do you not remember what the idea of an electric car meant prior to 2005? Or the possibilities and economics of reusable spacecraft just 5 years ago?
This gets the details wrong. The backlash towards the Twitter acquisition was essentially immediate and a consequence of the fact that Elon was the one behind it. The antipathy towards all things Elon had already been in slow foment leading up to the announcement of the proposed acquisition last Spring.
A kind of mimetic hatred