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It's funny to see how Elon went from a hero of the left (omg EVs! omg Mars!) to a hated villain just because he took away (he didn't really though) their favori

It's funny to see how Elon went from a hero of the left (omg EVs! omg Mars!) to a hated villain just because he took away (he didn't really though) their favorite web chat application.

yamtaddle 3y ago
Pretty sure his anti-labor stances, erratic and sometimes probably illegal behavior as a business leader (like, you know, tweeting lies that could influence stock prices), and constant over-promising and under-delivering had earned him quite a few haters well before Twitter. > hero of the left [...] omg Mars! "The left" doesn't give a shit about Mars. Some space-romantics who may or may not be on the left, give a shit about Mars.
- comeonbro 3y ago
  Your explanation of why many people ended up disliking him is at least closer to the truth than the grandparent comment's baffling anticausal take of "people hate him because of what he did to Twitter". But it seems pretty absurd to charge Elon Musk with under-delivering. Do you not remember what the idea of an electric car meant prior to 2005? Or the possibilities and economics of reusable spacecraft just 5 years ago?
  - pseudalopex 3y ago
    It is not absurd to use a common phrase to describe a pattern of failed promises.
- pseudalopex 3y ago
  Don't forget he accused a cave diver of raping children.[1] Lots of people who changed their mind about Musk say it was the start. [1] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/elon-musk-thai-cave-rescuer-accusations-buzzfeed-email https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/elon-musk-thai-...
GreedClarifies 3y ago
I don't think he took it away at all.
indy 3y ago
The reality is even sadder, it seems a lot of people on the left hate Elon because lots of other people on the left hate Elon. A kind of mimetic hatred
cxr 3y ago
> a hated villain just because he took away [Twitter] This gets the details wrong. The backlash towards the Twitter acquisition was essentially immediate and a consequence of the fact that Elon was the one behind it. The antipathy towards all things Elon had already been in slow foment leading up to the announcement of the proposed acquisition last Spring.
BrotherBisquick 3y ago
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It's funny to see how Elon went from a hero of the left (omg EVs! omg Mars!) to a hated villain just because he took away (he didn't really though) their favorite web chat application.

yamtaddle 3y ago

Pretty sure his anti-labor stances, erratic and sometimes probably illegal behavior as a business leader (like, you know, tweeting lies that could influence stock prices), and constant over-promising and under-delivering had earned him quite a few haters well before Twitter. > hero of the left [...] omg Mars! "The left" doesn't give a shit about Mars. Some space-romantics who may or may not be on the left, give a shit about Mars.

comeonbro 3y ago
Your explanation of why many people ended up disliking him is at least closer to the truth than the grandparent comment's baffling anticausal take of "people hate him because of what he did to Twitter". But it seems pretty absurd to charge Elon Musk with under-delivering. Do you not remember what the idea of an electric car meant prior to 2005? Or the possibilities and economics of reusable spacecraft just 5 years ago?
- pseudalopex 3y ago
  It is not absurd to use a common phrase to describe a pattern of failed promises.
pseudalopex 3y ago
Don't forget he accused a cave diver of raping children.[1] Lots of people who changed their mind about Musk say it was the start. [1] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/elon-musk-thai-cave-rescuer-accusations-buzzfeed-email https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/elon-musk-thai-...

GreedClarifies 3y ago

I don't think he took it away at all.

indy 3y ago

The reality is even sadder, it seems a lot of people on the left hate Elon because lots of other people on the left hate Elon. A kind of mimetic hatred

cxr 3y ago

> a hated villain just because he took away [Twitter] This gets the details wrong. The backlash towards the Twitter acquisition was essentially immediate and a consequence of the fact that Elon was the one behind it. The antipathy towards all things Elon had already been in slow foment leading up to the announcement of the proposed acquisition last Spring.

BrotherBisquick 3y ago

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