His edgy memes pissed of the left. The right began to like him because he wanted free speech, so he cemented that avenue of popularity by going for Trump, which wasn't against his business interests. But then he defended work immigration which pissed off the audience he had been cultivating. Ultimately, his political shenanigans haven't ended up increasing his overall popularity, which seems to be his goal since everything public he has ever done can be explained by the motive of staying fresh and relevant in people's minds. Thus, he's done with the political game for the time being. He will probably attempt to regain credibility as serious space business tycoon that does exciting new space things that NASA can't.
Another theory is that he's ensured that cheap immigrant workers will continue to be available despite the new government and that he's already done what he can to minimize regulations for his space company.
Elon Musk is in it for himself, either for the success of his space dream or the aggrandizement of his name in the public's mind. He's not a hero and he's not admirable.
You had me until the last line. I consider all men who create and build their way to power (without having to destroy others or commit evil acts on the way to the top) to be admirable. This is what being a man is about, even on the small scale like building your family and community. Exploring, creating, protecting, siring the future. The Atlas archetype who builds an entire empire "from the sweat of his brow". People like that have already demonstrated virtue above the average man and should be presented to children as role models regardless of anything else they do or don't accomplish. So in the case of Musk he's already admirable even if he doesn't make it to Mars. If he makes it to Mars, he'll get statues for that. (This coming from someone who is no respecter of men and doesn't worship the guy. I dislike a lot of what he has done and said.)
People like that have already demonstrated virtue above the average man
You're conflating virtue with success. A man's worth lies in his moral character, not his worldly accomplishments. You can get a notion of Musk's character from the families he starts and abandons.
everything public he has ever done can be explained by the motive of staying fresh and relevant in people's minds.
I don’t think that’s true. Sure, he does often come off as an autist who wants to be cool, but I think his overriding goal really is all the space stuff and pro-natalist stuff he constantly talks about.
SpaceX has very little potential value in cheap immigrant workers. For their janitors maybe, but space based industry is held to much higher standards than software slop like google. Because even idiots can understand that a space rocket is a very big weapon being diverted into commercial usefulness.
His edgy memes pissed of the left. The right began to like him because he wanted free speech, so he cemented that avenue of popularity by going for Trump, which wasn't against his business interests. But then he defended work immigration which pissed off the audience he had been cultivating. Ultimately, his political shenanigans haven't ended up increasing his overall popularity, which seems to be his goal since everything public he has ever done can be explained by the motive of staying fresh and relevant in people's minds. Thus, he's done with the political game for the time being. He will probably attempt to regain credibility as serious space business tycoon that does exciting new space things that NASA can't.
Another theory is that he's ensured that cheap immigrant workers will continue to be available despite the new government and that he's already done what he can to minimize regulations for his space company.
Elon Musk is in it for himself, either for the success of his space dream or the aggrandizement of his name in the public's mind. He's not a hero and he's not admirable.
You had me until the last line. I consider all men who create and build their way to power (without having to destroy others or commit evil acts on the way to the top) to be admirable. This is what being a man is about, even on the small scale like building your family and community. Exploring, creating, protecting, siring the future. The Atlas archetype who builds an entire empire "from the sweat of his brow". People like that have already demonstrated virtue above the average man and should be presented to children as role models regardless of anything else they do or don't accomplish. So in the case of Musk he's already admirable even if he doesn't make it to Mars. If he makes it to Mars, he'll get statues for that. (This coming from someone who is no respecter of men and doesn't worship the guy. I dislike a lot of what he has done and said.)
You're conflating virtue with success. A man's worth lies in his moral character, not his worldly accomplishments. You can get a notion of Musk's character from the families he starts and abandons.
I don’t think that’s true. Sure, he does often come off as an autist who wants to be cool, but I think his overriding goal really is all the space stuff and pro-natalist stuff he constantly talks about.
SpaceX has very little potential value in cheap immigrant workers. For their janitors maybe, but space based industry is held to much higher standards than software slop like google. Because even idiots can understand that a space rocket is a very big weapon being diverted into commercial usefulness.