[jonnat]

> Elon is Tesla's marketing driver so we can't kick him out

I confess that when he started the downward spiral, I thought it might be part of some marketing strategy: they had to bring the other half of the population who think global warming is a hoax/unimportant to EVs in order to be truly successful. It became clear very quickly that he's just losing his sanity.

[ta1243]

It's amazing. You can argue how much input he's had into Tesla and SpaceX over the years, but it's clear that both companies did amazing things.

Then he starts his drunken/high/unwise posts and memes, both libelous ("pedo guy"), and financial ("Taking Tesla private") etc, he came out angry about people protecting themselves from covid, and of course his circle, just like people on social media, shifted, and egged him on more and more. His descent spiraled and eventually the lawyers and accountants couldn't get him out of it when it came to Twitter. It's destroyed his finances, lost his reputation, sucked his time, and he entered the spiral of conspiracy and hatred.

We've all read about people who have committed career suicide on twitter, or at least caused themselves major problems (Justine Sacco comes to mind, but James Gunn too), but Musk is a category on his own. I look forward to a detailed biography.