[gruez]

>One of them had a media machine that painted them as Literally Tony Stark™ for two decades

What "media machine"? He only bought twitter in 2022, and even if he had a PR person or two, it can hardly be considered a "media machine" any more than some SMB with one or two social media interns has a "media machine".

[heavyset_go]

Did you live under a rock until 2022? I don't care who was formally on his payroll or not, the media tripped over itself to ingratiate Musk and portray him as Literally Iron Man™ to the world since the millennium.

[hn_acc1]

There are still many tech people who think he's a techno-genius and fully approve of everything he does, including grokAI's hitler episodes, etc..