(July 26, 2024 at 11:45 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote:(July 26, 2024 at 10:24 pm)Ivan Denisovich Wrote: Using such phrases only highlight his stupidity though I have no doubt that his demented fans adore it.
Elon used to court the left-wing, because he needed someone to support his electric car startup. He soured on that when California didn't allow him to kill workers during COVID.
Now he just wants to stay rich, so he courts the right-wing, who will guarantee low taxes. It doesn't hurt that he can get praise for increasingly bigoted views.
It's clear that above and beyond anything else he is an opportunist.
Probably why he admires Trump so much. Neither have any ethical baseline; all is for sale.