Elon Musk: Smasher of elites or self-serving pragmatist?

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WASHINGTON - He has scorned organised labour, mocked political correctness and espoused small government, so the deluge of tweets from conservatives congratulating Elon Musk on his move to buy Twitte

r was hardly a surprise.

Yet he has aggressively pursued government support himself, taking billions in handouts for his own companies. He has given donations to the governors of both states, despite criticising Texas anti-abortion laws and a"complacent" business environment in California. Mr Musk has complained that Twitter is too censorious in its regulation of speech, simultaneously illustrating and undermining his point in a tweet depicting the company's CEO Parag Agrawal as brutal Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

 

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