It’s not like Musk builds rockets. He pays for it but that’s it. He also spent $44bn on an American president. He’s clearly intelligent but is he a genius?
Nobody built rockets the way SpaceX does, and SpaceX - full-stop - would not exist without his involvement.
I find his personality and views largely repugnant, but denigrating his accomplishments is beyond the pale.
Obnoxious tweets and incendiary messaging does not mean we ought not appreciate his impact.
And that's to say nothing of how completely insufferable musk and his apologists are.
But I’m largely anti-democracy and anti-populace, so we’re gonna be orthogonal here.
Nobody would pay attention if his words didn’t make any impact. But they do and I think even he doesn’t realise what the consequences of his actions may be. It’s one thing him controlling the president of the US, it’s another thing him trying to have impact half a world away.
Does he really think that nazis from ex-DDR will be buying teslas when AfD comes to power?
What’s his angle? Ego because the son became a daughter and he blames it on woke culture? The man is risking destabilising the world for who knows what reasons. Most Germans loved Hitler, remember that.
I absolutely don’t care about SpaceX, neither Tesla. Shrug, don’t care.