[ModernMech]

  Musk: "I think we won't get to the refactor if we don't make these changes"

  "why?"

  Musk: "because we're going to be bankrupt"

  "what's the runway?"

  Musk: *silence*

  "Elon you're you're our philosopher um you know Plato would be very proud of you. You're extremely technically competent and I think really understand how to how to drive things in a in a good direction. You know I I really love how you're also leaning into the voice of the people and letting you know them have a say as well *but*..."

That last bit there is exactly the kind of kindergarten that had to be erected around Musk at SpaceX, described here in [1] as "Managing Elon was part of the company culture", which gives credence to that piece.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/z2ofwk/i_wa...

[rsynnott]

That last bit, it’s very hard to believe it was _serious_.

[nikau]

Mr. Musk, your campaign seems to have the momentum of a runaway freight train. Why are you so popular ?

Ooh, a tough question, but a fair one.

[ModernMech]

I don't think the person who said it was serious, but I think they understood that Musk needed to hear it.