Does anyone has a logical explanation of why Elon is supporting Trump? Why is he going to this length, alienate many of his supporters by supporting an political party. What’s is the end goal, since nothing makes sense right now.

  • antihumanitarian@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    In an interview recently he openly speculated about how long he’d be in prison if Kamala wins. It seems like he has a strong savior complex, and thinks he’s the only one that can save humanity by establishing colonies on Mars. He phrases it as preserving “the light of consciousness.” Can’t reasonably do that from prison. With that perspective, for him, practically all means justify that end.

    At more personal level, after one of his kids transitioned he publicly stated it was like that kid had “died.” In his own words, he swore to kill the “woke mind virus.”

    • m0darn@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      I wish I could give Elon the benefit of the doubt:

      Well maybe he meant that the child’s birthname is a deadname and out of respect of his child’s identity he will not use it.

      But he definitely didn’t mean it like that. He refused to celebrate his child doing something difficult, and chose transphobia(or at least the approval of transphobes) over having a relationship with his child.