He'd not be able to do it in say 1985. It's the unprecendented amount of time that Americans devote to following pop-culture and Musk wants to become pop-cultu

He'd not be able to do it in say 1985. It's the unprecendented amount of time that Americans devote to following pop-culture and Musk wants to become pop-culture squared. China is approaching this thing differently, they make it very clear if you want to become a pop-culture icon you should sing or act. It's not allowing businessmen to become influencers or politicians, nor to put their nose into public health or education. According to them the roles should be clearly separated, so his style and twitter purchase won't work there (or would work there for different reasons such as China using it as a trojan horse in the AMerican society)