If someone less powerful behaved and talked like he does, they’d be widely considered mentally ill.

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It’s useful to understand him as a spiritual leader.

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He was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple. (US baseball reference meaning he overestimates how much of his success is due to smarts not luck)

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Overall, he does more good for humanity than bad

I am no more or less likely to consider buying/keeping a Tesla than I was before he acquired Twitter

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In 100 years he will have more name recognition than Edison, Watt, and Ford

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Would be a better US president than George Soros

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Has done or will do more to transform rocketry, cars, electrical infrastructure than anyone else in last 100 years and may well do more areas of transformation even if unclear on social media and tunnelling yet.

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Recreational use of drugs benefits him mentally

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It’s important to understand that he wields extra-governmental, geopolitical power.

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It was a bad idea for the US to outsource so much of satellite and space technology to one individual, irrespective of that individual’s intentions.

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At least two of his children will choose to be known by a name other than their birth name

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This answer in response to a poll about him will be N/Aed

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He is actually even smarter than he lets on — when he pretended he hadn’t considered that an AI that made Earth unlivable could follow him to Mars, that was just a head fake

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Sure Elon’s powerful, but so are other ultrawealthy individuals, it”s a systemic issue not a specific instance important on its own

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He’s already accomplished so much, I’m willing to go on the assumption his future efforts will also benefit humanity 

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He’s already accomplished so much, I’m willing to go on the assumption that his future efforts will benefit me personally 

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He diverts resources (his own and those of some employees) from Tesla to his private companies, this will blow back on him

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He diverts resources from Tesla to his private companies but that won’t blow back on him

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Made Twitter worse than it would have been if he didn't acquire it

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Tesla inset door handles and minimalist interiors are cool

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EDIT: Resolves to poll that I will post June 15th. Top 5 in poll resolve to 100%.

I reserve the right to leave answers out of the poll that are matters of fact, not open to debate, low quality etc.  If I can’t N/A them I’ll bet them down and resolve them in my own favor.

ETA2: Options not Top 5 in poll resolve to NO. 