Yeah they were making fun of it… Hence the square wheels.

There’s less direct things that you could point to as well. Things like “conversations” Musk has admitted to having with Putin.

Authoritarian country’s leaders can’t do anything directly to Twitter, so why not just finance its downfall indirectly by giving Elon’s other numerous multi-billion-dollar companies favorable contracts or even just easier access to their corrupt economies. Then those leaders can just ask Elon to tank the single largest platform used to whistleblow, organize, and resist said authoritarian leaders?

Any time critics claim a conspiracy, there’s plenty to just point to of Elon doing stupid shit. There’s no way you can easily point out the difference between stupidity and malice, and most will assume stupidity… so why not take advantage?

Tinfoil hat for sure, but not completely absurd, right?

Bullshit. That’s what neo-liberals and squawking millionaire pundits do. Leftists believe in solidarity. It’s why people like Sanders resonated so much with groups of voters that Fox thought its town hall would support Republicans without question.

Leftists understand that poverty and desperation act as fertile ground for demagogues to jump in and offer up scapegoats to those who neo-liberal and Republican policies alike have harmed.

Leftists know that if you provide the actual reasons as to why inequality occurs, those who might otherwise vote for fascists can be turned to vote for true left-leaning figures.