I think Elon being transparent and in public only helped his ventures. Even if him being public has made some to not like him or buy into his services, the money and company's P&L speaks for it.
It has only increased in profits and demand over time.
I consider it only as win.
let people hate elon for whatever reasons. If that brings awareness to his ventures and increases it's use in general, it's all OK.
I watch and listen to as much podcats or interviews I can possibly do with my time management.
In my so far content consumption I don't think Elon is divisive. He calls out the divisive, and I see his efforts to end the woke culture he opposes.
since everyone has different perspective and knowledge points, I could possibly have missed something. But to my understanding so far he efforts are trying to make maximum positive out of his current situations.
If you go back to the original Tesla Master Plan, it starts off by selling very expensive cars at low volumes. That was the roadster and the original model S/X.
Those customers were primarily Wine Democrats.
Beer Democrats = Working class plebs that care about unions, high wages, stuff like that.
Wine Democrats = These are coastal elites that meet to talk about random LGBTQ+ bullshit.
Most people in the US don't care about the values of the Wine Democrats, but these Wine Democrats have tons of money and so their voice gets amplified.
My point is that Elon has no incentive to suck up to the Wine Democrats anymore. They already bought his expensive V1 cars. He's not interested in making more expensive low volume cars. He used them even though he was disgusted by what terracore they stand for: socialism, the woke mind virus, and rainbow.