The thing I struggle with most with Trump or Musk worship is how/why their devotees don’t see what the rest of us see.
Elon canceling a poll because he doesn’t like the result, or abandoning a live chat because the questions are hard, or banning reporters he doesn’t like… It feels like *work* to miss the obvious fact that he’s full of shit, and to assign genius to his decisions. But his biggest fans do so effortlessly.
It makes me wonder which failings of my own heroes I’m blind to, and why.
I don't know if this helps answer the question or not, but, on Zoom this morning people were chatting about the latest going-ons before the meeting started, as people do, and there was a lot of negative talk about Musk. One guy then spoke up and said(quoted as best I can remember):
"You all have this all so wrong. Musk is probably the most forward thinker on the entire planet right now. He sees it all so clearly on a level that no one else does."
I think for a lot of people *they* don't necessarily see "it" either, but the guy says things they like and so they're willing to just go along with the rest and assume he knows better than they do.
