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> It’s really hard to know what to think about Elon Musk these days Doesn't seem that hard, tbh

• benreesman 2y ago
  I’m worried that I might have unintentionally created scope for a flame war. I’d like to invite you to clarify why what seems a difficult topic to me seems a simple one to you? From where I’m sitting it seems nuanced and complicated and involving decades of history. It’s eminently possible that I’m missing key information on this, but I can’t glean a “no-brainer” from the above comment.
  • chgs 2y ago
    It seems the vast majority of people have an opinion on musk, thus it can’t be too hold to have an opinion. This opinion is not nuanced though, because nuance is tricky and requires more effort than simply categorising into a tribal viewpoint
  • Shocka1 2y ago
    I would love to see sentiment analytics of Musk on HN before he came out as a libertarian/moderate/whatever he is and buying Twitter. Between here and Reddit, anecdotally I've noticed the contempt for the man is like night and day compared to 2015-ish. Even comments like your original get downvoted into oblivion lol. I've never really been a fan of him, especially with the diving rescue incident, but my theory is that tribalism has flipped sides.