/substanceBreakling reply @Handre /substance 2026-10-09
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The left loved Elon Musk when he was building electric cars and taking NASA contracts. The moment he bought Twitter in October 2022 and started firing bureaucrats, the affection evaporated overnight. Musk built SpaceX from scratch, slashed the cost of orbital launches by roughly…
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I think the change in how progressives treat Musk is political. They celebrated Tesla and SpaceX when his work served their priorities, then turned against him after he bought Twitter and challenged its management and moderation. Twitter survived a drastic reduction in staff. To me, that undermines claims that its old bureaucracy was indispensable. Musk's companies still make products many critics use, while other billionaires retain progressive support. My objection is the double standard: wealth is welcomed when it supports progressive power and condemned when it challenges it. Tone rewrite only. Claims remain the author's and are not independently verified.
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