Yeah he is so smart, he locked himself out in firing spree during some manic phase and then had to beg people he just fired to let him in. If anything, this twitter saga showed serious cracks (that were there before if you looked closely) in his persona. Vengeful, petty childish behavior was there before (ie Musk accusing main Thai cave rescuer for being a pedophile, because he refused his submarine concept? Plenty of similar stories)
Its a matter of approach - if you focus on all his success, you can continue worshiping him as some capitalist messiah. If you focus on bad stuff, he is a fucked up mess to be polite, a bad parent and husband, an even worse human being in general, utterly horrible boss, person with deep mental issues that aren't clearly tackled in appropriate ways.
The truth, somewhere in the middle of those 2 extremes, still ain't that nice IMHO. He burned basically all good PR capital be built over the years, basically nobody sees him now as good person, just another ultra rich a-hole like Bezos that needs to be kept in check. As he will find in following years, people's opinions trickle down to cash flow. If I would be buying an electric car right now (which doesn't make much sense for another decade to me), Tesla would be off the table for example.
Its a matter of approach - if you focus on all his success, you can continue worshiping him as some capitalist messiah. If you focus on bad stuff, he is a fucked up mess to be polite, a bad parent and husband, an even worse human being in general, utterly horrible boss, person with deep mental issues that aren't clearly tackled in appropriate ways.
The truth, somewhere in the middle of those 2 extremes, still ain't that nice IMHO. He burned basically all good PR capital be built over the years, basically nobody sees him now as good person, just another ultra rich a-hole like Bezos that needs to be kept in check. As he will find in following years, people's opinions trickle down to cash flow. If I would be buying an electric car right now (which doesn't make much sense for another decade to me), Tesla would be off the table for example.