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Never own an automobile made by someone who is mentally ill, or on drugs. Or both.

Meh, lots of great people in history were drug addicts. John hopkins was a raging cocaine fiend for example. Also this constantly writing people off as mentally ill who hold opinions you dont like is getting pretty tiring (especially when they are accomplishing way more than you probably are). You are just the straw that broke the camel's back on this issue. There isn't anything special about your comment to cause my comment other than being the latest in a long, exhausting and dissapointing line.

let’s be real. Musk is objectively not ok. This isn’t even about whether I agree with him or not. His behavior is concerning and even his fans have peeled away as he spiraled into an obvious social media addiction and childish banter unbecoming of a CEO.

It has always been OK to vote with your wallet. Sadly, we can’t “write off” Elon Musk because he simply won’t go away. The best we can do is take our money elsewhere and invest in more stable and trustworthy leaders

So your big complaint about the guy who significantly contributed to online payments existing, created the electric car market (and has the most advanced electric car to date that is actually profitable per unit and dragging the rest of the car industry into the 21st century), cut space launch costs to single digit percent of previous costs (and is trying to do that one more time with starship) is that you don't like the amount of things or how he says things on the internet? You aren't really convincing me anything I said was incorrect here. You are indeed free to vote with your wallet, at least in business areas he hasn't dominated so completely as to be the only option (i.e. things other than going to orbit for now).

Not the OP, but his past (very significant!) achievements doesn't excuse him for present or future behaviour.

But what specific behaviour? I went and looked at his last couple days of X posts before posting my second comment and I see a lot of things posted. I see lots of blunt language and opinions that "lefties" would not like but are not mental illness. They were said in a blunt format that hints at some autistic/ADHD traits, but almost certainly not enough for anywhere near an actual diagnosis. So tieing this all back around, saying things you don't like and/or in a way you don't like about issues you feel strongly on does not a mental illness make and I'm extremely tired of this trend to claim that. It's the kinder (so far), gentler (so far) version of othering so that one does not need to think of someone as a human being as one does horrible things to them that is pretty common throughout human history.

He self-sabotaged himself and employees of Twitter by telling advertisers to fuck themselves like a flustered thirteen year old. He has a very obvious personality disorder around rejection and not being seen as the smartest person in a room. He said he knew more about manufacturing than anyone in the world. He’s not just a megalomaniac, he’s unable to perceive reality. He lies over and over about his businesses and about his political ambitions. He is erratic, capricious, and vindictive. Something is clearly not right.

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