Pretty sure his anti-labor stances, erratic and sometimes probably illegal behavior as a business leader (like, you know, tweeting lies that could influence stock prices), and constant over-promising and under-delivering had earned him quite a few haters well before Twitter.

> 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.