Ages ago Elon Musk used to be positively regarded by most people. I missed everything that happened that changed the public opinion, I missed the changes he imposed on Twitter (though I gather it’s the same as it happened with reddit, only earlier) and yeah. I’m out of the loop. If someone can briefly recap the main events I’d be grateful.
For me, things went like this: Pre-pandemic, everybody wants to own a tesla ev, Elon is smoking pot with Joe Rogan and the world is cheering. Then the pandemic hits. Then the pandemic lifts. Then in 2023 all of a sudden everyone online saying he’s awful, a blood emerald hoarder, destroyer of twitter, tesla stinks, etc etc. Did it all happen overnight? Was there a main trigger event or was it a gradual thing? What, exactly happened to twitter after his takeover- is reddit truly a by-the-book carbon copy of his decisions with API changes?
I’ve been living under a rock.
Elon was for many years socially liberal and fiscally conservative, but he’s shifting to social conservative views.
When his money started getting touched by law and democratic oversight, he was helped by conservative politicians. One of his tweets got him fired as the Tesla CEO, and he’s been bitching about the SEC ever since (his tweet misrepresented something and he made a lot of profit from it).
He didn’t end up wanting to buy Twitter after promising he would, and he seemed stuck and frustrated. The GOP was also frustrated by the community standards of Twitter. Then Robert Murdoch spends the Superbowl in a private box with Elon, and suddenly Elon’s got the money to buy Twitter, the GOP is being given a loud voice to push misinformation, the Republicans are going after the SEC on Elon’s behalf, and signing bills that unequally benefit Elon’s profits. In exchange, the GOP has an incredible propaganda machine.
These are the individual data I’m noticing, and if my narrative can be disputed by some datum, please let me know.
I see. I’m starting to put together the pieces of the puzzle. Not a pretty picture wow