I've noticed it's gotten very common recently for wingnuts on both sides to pick an Emmanuel Goldstein figure that represents the root of all seemingly-unrelate

I've noticed it's gotten very common recently for wingnuts on both sides to pick an Emmanuel Goldstein figure that represents the root of all seemingly-unrelated evil in the world. Elon has become that figure for a big chunk of those people, a fever-dream boogeyman to rival George Soros or Hillary Clinton. As far as I can tell, a sane person's reaction to him is some weighted combination of a) bemusement at his trolling, b) annoyance at some of his actually-irresponsible behavior, and c) respect for his accomplishments.