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Is it me or his penchant for Russia and descent into whatever he is now became noticeable since he met Putin? I remember when the war had started he was supporting Ukraine and offered free Starlink for their troops but that seems to have dramatically changed right after that meeting. He disabled Startlink for Ukrainians over Crimea right off the bat, looked for excuses to completely cut them off altogether by asking for the Pentagon to pay for it and started playing in Russia's playbook afterwards. He kept descending deeper and deeper into that Russian rabbit hole, pushing their propaganda ever since.
He used to be worried about climate change and now he supports Trump even though Trump made it obvious that he would revert any progress made to fight it. He even tried to bring the issue up in his interview with Trump and Donald just took a huge dump all over it. Then Musk just let it happen like a simp.
I don't think he held these beliefs himself.
Climate change topic - helped to start Tesla and build a business of selling carbon assets.
Ukrainian cause - helped to sell Starlink modules and get gvmnt funds.
Cosmic exploration and colonization topic - promoted his SpaceX in public and also connected him to other famous guys in science and entertainment.
Now his ass is probably in debt after Twitter, his reputation took a nose dive and his Tesla\SpaceX businesses are contested by chinese EVs and their progressing space program. He needs Trump to protect his monopolies in exchange for his money and media support. He doesn't care about Russia\Ukraine but a certain bunch of dumb rats that do and/or act accordingly would help him stay afloat if put into power.
I don't know if either of our observations correct, but I'm on the side of him just seeking profits. I don't know about why he limited the Starlink though. Maybe for the thing I put into the last paragraph and the angle of 'not feeding Ukraine with american taxes' that had some surge around 2022-2023.
Musk was always a libertarian. He just recently seems to have gone full fascists. A huge part of that is probably Thiel.
It probably doesn't help that he's a narcissist on drugs who is above the law.
Libertarians are just conservatives minus the religion who smoke weed.
Libertarians are Republicans who are smart enough to not say they're Republicans.
He's an opportunist. I know most fascist were\are, but I insist that this stupid brat doesn't have any ideology besides money and personal comfort.
He went full fascist when his daughter came out as trans.
Putin is giving Musk the two things he loves: flattery and money.
Don't you get it? They are doing what every businessman and politician do, they make money.