Elon Musk named Scoundrel of the Year 2023 by The New Republic
Elon Musk has been named The New Republic’s 2023 Scoundrel of the Year. The Tesla CEO has been in the news since after he decided to sink a whopping $44 billion into buying Twitter, later renaming it as ‘X’. Elon Musk over the past year has garnered the impression that he has an “unquenchable desire to be the center of attention", according to The New Republic.
The New Republic posted that after impeached former president of United States Donald Trump lost limelight, it was taken over by Elon Musk “and his infantile need for validation". Elon Musk, a tech mogul, has in 2023 found himself embroiled in all kinds of storm, and they were definitely not the ones his company SpaceX launches in space. Elon Musk has mostly made headlines for his incompetence, he has unleashed and legitimized truly heinous forces on Twitter.
Elon Musk has welcomed back some of the world’s most ‘toxic’ people—Alex Jones, Donald Trump, innumerable Nazis and bigots—and has gone out of his way, again and again, to validate them, says The New Republic . Elon Musk's biggest flagship Tesla faced a massive recall due to issues with its self-driving feature. The much-hyped Cybertruck, which he claimed was bulletproof, drew criticism for its impracticality. Meanwhile, rockets from SpaceX continue to face setbacks- as failed missions, and environmental disasters.
Elon Musk's free speech agenda for the microblogging platform he bought and renamed ‘X’, for reasons unknown, led to a steady downfall of the vital breaking news service to a cesspool of misinformation and propaganda. Advertisers also left the site citing apprehensions, to add to Twitter's woes. Changes to the verified user system, the influx of bigots and trolls, and Elon Musk’s own presence have
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