> if Musk just believes his target audience will happily swallow nonsense and so has no need to make up plausible lies Yes. See the replies/QTs/RTs from his fa

> if Musk just believes his target audience will happily swallow nonsense and so has no need to make up plausible lies Yes. See the replies/QTs/RTs from his fans, and see politics for other examples of this phenomenon. Also, the news media will dutifully repeat and spread lies even while "debunking" them.