Elon Musk is Elon Musk-pilled
by Elizabeth Lopatto from The Verge - All Posts on (#66DZ8)
[cash register noise] | Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge Programming note: This will be the last This Week in Elon this year. In 2023, I will return with something delightful for you that is not just about Musk shenanigans - but we will have occasional chats when there is too much Elonning going on.
Generally, I don't think rich people believe anything besides: (1) they are basically good; (2) they deserve their money and no one should take it; and (3) anything that threatens ideas (1) and (2) is bad. Everything else is pretty flexible.
At this point, I think if Texas governor Greg Abbott called Musk and told him to jump, Musk would say, How high?"
I am giving you my priors here because I am about to discuss Elon Musk and politics. I have seen some suggestions that Musk has been red-pilled,...