Elon Musk has never been liberal (certainly not in the modern political sense, nor arguably in the ‘classical’ definition); has always pandered to whomever was in power to get subsidies, development support, and preferential status in government contracts; has always demonstrated the narcissistic and self-aggrandized behavior of an entitled man-child; has been a thin-skinned, offensive jerk who dissembles about his personal and professional history for as long as he’s been in business; and has long manipulative and litigious toward people with whom he disagrees or feels have wronged him. His behavior here is absolutely nothing new except that the bigotry and irrationality are now coming out as he occupies center stage in public discourse.
Also, Elon apparently doesn’t understand the definition of “blackmail”, and that companies electing to spend their advertising budget elsewhere than his increasing unstable and flailing platform do not satisfy it.
Stranger