Thursday, March 20, 2025

Why the political left really hates Elon Musk


Why does Elon Musk infuriate some people on the political left? What is his great crime? The things the left adored not long ago like electric cars to address climate change, they now despise. It can't be his contributions to clean energy and transportation, space exploration, free speech, satellite internet access to poor and remote areas, re-enabling the disabled with Neuralink, or making the government more efficient. It can't be that he employs hundreds of thousands of people, helping them become wealthy and live their lives more fully, creating new industries, making meaningful contributions to improve society, driving a large part of our economy, pushing science and innovation forward. No, the real reason he's hated is that he's shown the left what progress actually looks like. Even more than that, he does it unapologetically with a thick skin and a sense of humor. He doesn't pander to ideological dogma, he goes against it. He doesn't virtue signal, he acts. He doesn't pontificate endlessly about theoretical utopias, he builds things. And that's what the left finds unforgivable. Musk has revealed what the left’s endless lectures, protests, manifestos, and policing of language truly are, empty words. He's shown them that they're just worthless ineffectual people.
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-Dave Badperson