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.

  • unmagical@lemmy.ml
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    23 days ago

    The world’s richest man is supporting the guy that’s gonna appoint him to some “efficiency” position that will let him squash any investigations into his businesses and will cut the amount of taxes he owes.

  • Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world
    46·
    23 days ago

    Maybe this is overly generous, but I kind of feel like Elon genuinely believes he’s a special genius who can “save” the world and usher in a nominally benevolent techno-oligarchy with him at the helm. So he supports trump because a) trump will let him do whatever he wants without regulation or enforcement, and b) Harris won’t, and she might take a look at his accounting and government contracts.

    Also maybe because Ketamine

  • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
    17·
    23 days ago

    He basically lost his marbles after his daughter disowned him and Biden didn’t invite him to some electric car event a few months after he was elected. I think his drug use also plays a big part. It’s just the typical trajectory of someone who obtained a lot of power and then just shuts out all criticism and just thinks he’s the smartest and knows everything best. History is full of examples and it never ends well.

  • atempuser23@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    23 days ago

    Elon’s supporters are much like Trumps and won’t leave him. Many are financially tied to Elon. Elon can do what ever he wants and his supporters will follow. Trumps values and goals align very closely with Elon’s. Elon would be much more like Trump if he had charisma.

  • passivelnk@lemmy.world
    151·
    23 days ago

    I suspect Elon is in deep shit. Everything he has been doing with Tesla and Twitter has been blatant stock manipulation. The latest stunt is self driving taxis. I suspect he knows that the SEC have a big case on him that they will pursue if Harris wins.

  • antihumanitarian@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    22 days 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.”

    • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
      41·
      23 days ago

      No he isn’t. Do you seriously believe Trump’s economic “plan” is going to make anything better? I mean sure, they can exploit the plebes even harder, but if no-one can afford your products, you don’t have a viable business.

      • dev_null@lemmy.ml
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        23 days ago

        His major product is SpaceX. His major customer is the government for the launches and contracts he sells, and his major detriment is government regulation of these launches.

        Being on the good side of the government benefits both.

      • GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world
        21·
        23 days ago

        But if you have a company whose only customer is the government then you don’t need to worry about the plebs buying your shit.

    • donio@lemmy.world
      12·
      23 days ago

      Don’t forget spite. The guy was always an asshole but when people finally started calling him out he got triggered and became a raging asshole. Now he thinks that he found his people but doesn’t realize that they hate him too, they just find him useful for the moment.

  • Orbituary@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    23 days ago

    Oligarchs benefit from a Trump administration and policies. Also, Trump promised him a cabinet position.

  • savx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    23 days ago

    to put it a better way, i would say he went down the right wing rabbit hole for last 4 or 5 years on twitter. but i would also argue that fundamentally he is just a horrible selfish human being, but disguised as that he was autistic or something.

  • mhague@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    “Recently” it came out that Elon Musk is a sexual predator. He exposed himself and tried to pay for sex by buying an employee a horse. Then his company paid 250,000 to keep the woman quiet.

    Elon Musk has a transgender child and he didn’t like it.

    There’s multiple reasons for him to become a conservative backer. Being known as a sexual predator is a big one. That’s a huge flaw in more progressive corners, but something to rally behind as a nazi.

  • False@lemmy.world
    4·
    23 days ago

    I think he had a stroke or overdose from too many drugs a few years ago and now he’s literally brain damaged. Would explain the total personality change he went through.