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Tbf, I don't think you can do anything worse to his reputation than him literally throwing up two Nazi salutes on live tv. At this point, people's opinions lie where they lie, although with a shocking amount being very, very disturbingly positive of him...
Most of the narratives you see and the people supporting giant pieces of shit like Musk are the work of bots and very careful social engineering to split off our populations most vulnerable and stupid and turning them into propaganda machines to sway more losers. They took the lesson from Nigerian Prince Scams and instead of trying to craft a careful narrative to trap even smart people, they are going right for the stupidest, the most easy to control. Those become their strongest influencers for other stupid people.
This isn't very hard to do, but if you talk about it in many liberal circles people roll their eyes and call you a conspiracy theorist. (While they scroll with their iphones that they had to get to keep up with modern tech, updating their social media profiles so they remain liked by their followers.)
I don't disagree with you at all. I think a significant amount of Reddit, Twitter, etc. traffic are wildly inflated by bots that want to push narratives. Why wouldn't they be? It's so easy to do now and costs a minimal amount for the return.
That said, I also know people in real life that dismiss his gesture to him being "autistic" and just "throwing his heart out" even though we have unequivocal video proof of him doing that exact "my heart goes out" gesture in the past that is uh...not a Nazi salute.
I do wonder where the crossover is though. Like, do the people I know who dismiss Elon's clear Nazi behaviour do so due to seeing narratives on the internet that back up the idea of "oh no, he's not a Nazi, it's fine, he's just autistic!!1", or would they have arrived at the same stupid ass conclusion on their own?