I don't know if I buy that he has always been an idiot. I think he did some game changing things in bringing electric cars to a viable reality and has created enough momentum for them that we'll keep moving that way even if Tesla implodes.
I think some time during COVID, he completely lost his way and went down some rabbit holes, bought Twitter in a rage fit for no rational reason and is spinning his tires trying to show that he has some purpose for the purchase. His public meltdown is killing both Twitter and Tesla for no rational reason and was completely self inflicted and he's just digging holes deeper for those companies and himself out of some irrational pride.
It's pretty tough to argue that anything he's done in the last few months is good for anyone other than anti-vaxxers and racists getting a platform back.
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