Both Elon and Trump are hated because of “the power of one.” If zero popular people are saying something it doesn’t matter if 70% of the public believes in it. The powers that be can realistically pretend no one reasonable believes it.

But once you have the first public person say it; boom, the overton window drastically shifts. The left has to destroy these guys so they can go back to pretending that America as a whole is a leftist nation.

Both Elon and Trump are hated because of “the power or one.” If zero popular people are saying something it doesn’t matter if 70% of the public believes in it. The powers that be can realistically pretend no one reasonable believes it.

But once you have the first public person say it; boom, the overton window drastically shifts. The left has to destroy these guys so they can go back to pretending that America as a whole is a leftist nation.