It is a sad story actually that his potential is wasted like this way.
Freedom of speech ? Tesla pretty much survived thanks to Elon's deal with China to build the Shanghai factory. He never ever said anything about freedom of speech there.
He also actively tried and succeed to shut down people pointing out online that Tesla finances were in a very dire state at the time (2018). Lookup 'Montana Sceptic' case - he found out the guy, personally called the office he worked in, and threatened with lawsuits, which would include his employer.
EDIT: I shared your point of view until quite recently.
I recommend this book to understand how we got here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludicrous:_The_Unvarnished_Sto...
Drugs. He was first seen publicly smoking pot in 2018, and it's been downhill since then.
Or the solar roof village, which didn't have even a single roof tiled with working panels back then.
His whole history is just him making things up and simps believing him on his tall tales