What about the fact that he paid a shady PI to shake down a cave diver trying to help with the Thai cave rescue? Or regularly sends his troll army after journalists with baseless accusations? Or that he commited securities fraud in plain site? Or that it looks like he bailed his family out at the expense of company shareholders? Or that he burned taxpayers in Buffalo?
What about the fact that as the world wakes up to atrocities in China, he went there hat in hand, selling out to the CCP?
> There are legit reasons [Elon] could be disliked.
Yes, there are many legitimate complaints about Elon, some disputed, some not. But the legitimate complaints you describe don't create the haters. What hedge-fund short-seller, or random internet troll, really cares about Hong Kong's civil rights? The same folks that are crying fowl on Elon support far more ruthless enterprises, their complaints aren't coming from a morally sound platform.
The vast majority of hatred towards Elon is what I described: (1) his audaciousness; (2) inflated valuations that don't conform to traditional valuation models.
Sadly, any legitimate criticism is lost in this noise.
What about the fact that as the world wakes up to atrocities in China, he went there hat in hand, selling out to the CCP?
There are legit reasons he could be disliked.