Musk didn't "rot". What happened is basically he's a talented fraudster who can speak about being on a mission from God to save humanity and transition Earth to

Musk didn't "rot". What happened is basically he's a talented fraudster who can speak about being on a mission from God to save humanity and transition Earth to this or that and this attracts immense amount of interest from capital and talent to bootstrap a company. When this company is built from the ground up around Musk, there's a protective layer between him and the company, so that his bombastic narcissism doesn't leak out or hurt the company's management too much. But Twitter wasn't built from the ground up for him, it was an existing company, he fired the top managers, the board, and 80% of the company, and then kept tweeting through every mishap he makes. We all saw him for what he always was. Truly some epic level "behind the curtain Wizard of Oz" story here. And behind the curtain is an asshole with a lot of brazen lies and little to show for it in term of personal capability. He's an "aligner". If he fools enough investors and workers that he's doing something big, they give him his money and their time & effort to make it happen, and it happens. He's good at starting things, but terrible at continuing them.