If Elon Musk Wants to Be a Leader, He’s Gotta Stop Being a Whiny Little Baby

Although I can’t prove it, I’m quite sure Ned, a bilingual man, is statistically more likely than anyone else to self-harm when they pass by a” Dead End” mark every day. ( Subliminal advertising, you know. ) But, if your title is Ned, purchase your next home properly.

Actually, it’s more legend than point: Despite its popularity as a pop-culture idea, most research on subliminal advertisements are underwhelming. It doesn’t seem to ring files or increase income. &nbsp,

Still we steadfastly abide by it.

That’s because the idea makes sense, even if the exact stats don’t reveal it. We know how we make choices: It’s not always cut and dry, but a conglomeration mixture of information, feelings, emotions, and desires. Often, our emotions matter most, another times we’re very analytical. We’re just as puzzled as everyone else is about why we make specific decisions.

But that’s not the obvious sign of covert effect. Otherwise, it’s how our brains digest and perceive data: it’s not just one thing.

All matters.

Our neurons run on electric currents, and energy moves really fast. More often than not, we’ll make a decision lightning-quick and therefore defend it later with the information:” Well, of course I had to get that car — it has great security features. Quite reasonable cost, also. In today’s economy, I couldn’t manage not to get it”.

But frankly, you thought that vehicle was lovely as]EXPLETIVE] when you first laid eyes on it.

There are various social and/or marketing principles that aim to win people’s hearts and minds. In the old days, when Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Netflix didn’t exist ( we elders call it” The Before Time” ), there used to be these wacky things called “bookstores”. Each village had several of them! Additionally, there used to be a whole section dedicated to business and marketing books in these “bookstores.”

Each publication told you to do something unique.

Some alleged that you had to be a colored cow and walk out. Some preached the virtues of compliance. They all had a different act — and depending on the context, each one really, genuinely offered incredible tips.

That’s because living is messy and disorganized. One size does not meet all, Whenever there are also the slightest changes to either the information, the method, the crowd, the message, or the environment, the end result will look dramatically different. Depending on the situation, each of those ebooks was exactly straight.

It’s the PR version of the” three-body problem” — only with way more than three variables.

And this brings us to Elon Musk: super-genius, super-patriot, and super-rich.

Not to mention super-sensitive.

Since embarking upon his MAGA-friendly intellectual trip, Mr. Musk has been a gross good — and increasingly so. However, you can make an excellent reasoning that without his heavy wallets, political courage, and personal devotion, Trump not would’ve been elected.

Kamala Harris is likely to be our next leader if X were to lead the charge for free speech. Under the 2020 laws, Trump’s YouTube files of” The Joe Rogan Experience” would’ve been censored for challenging the COVID dogma and questioning the effects of the 2020 election. Rather, it was viewed 50 million days.

And that’s just one instance.

If Mr. Musk was ready to reduce his influence on X to supporting free talk, expressing his individual opinions, and returning flames against his critics, I’d had no problem. I still haven’t request him to throw F-bombs at liberals during immigration conversations, but if that’s how he feels, so be it.

That’s very different than Musk putting his finger on the scales by demonetizing his detractors ‘ records, revoking their blue identification symbol, freezing their characteristics, and suspending reporters from posting.

I’m glad Elon Musk isn’t a pro-left censor. ( It’s refreshing! ) But that doesn’t mean I want him to be a pro-right censor, either. Those shouldn’t be our only options.

I want him to be the free speech nutcase he has always vowed to be.

After writing an article for a UK magazine about a man by the name of Adrian Dittmann, a journalist by the name of Jacqueline Sweet was recently given her X account suspended. There was speculation that Adrian Dittmann might not actually exist — rather, “he” could be a “burner account” of Elon Musk. A burner account is a secondary social media account that is unrelated to your main one, for those of you who are familiar with the Reagan administration. Dittmann, apparently, agreed with Musk an awful lot on X and had a similar writing style.

” Outing” Musk as being so insecure that he created a backup X account to agree with himself and salve his own ego would’ve been embarrassing. ( Although, amongst celebrities, it happens more than you might think. ) It’s entirely understandable why Musk would annoy people with the speculation.

But if you’re gonna be a fair, responsible custodian of a free speech haven like X, you can’t ban accounts for being annoying.

Turns out, Adrian Dittmann lives in Fiji. He’s a real human being. Big fan of Elon Musk. And his real name is … Adrian Dittmann.

At first, Musk handled the so-called controversy exactly right:

I am Adrian Dittmann. It’s time the world knew.

— Elon Musk ( @elonmusk ) January 5, 2025

However, he then sent journalist Jacqueline Sweet to an X suspension for allegedly raping.

It’s absurd. There is no doxxing when Adrian Dittmann has an X account under the name Adrian Dittmann. &nbsp,

In 2020, all the leading social media platforms— including Twitter/X — censored a slew of important news stories. Botched pronouns, COVID talk, Hunter Biden’s laptop, certain jokes, and election questioning could get your account suspended. That’s not the road we want to go down again. &nbsp,

The slope on the right is equally slippery as the slope on the left.

Related: The Age of Covfefe Has Officially Begun!

Very clearly, Elon Musk is a man with many, many strongly held beliefs. And he is correct about a lot of them! X is a fantastic platform for expressing one’s opinions.

But he must also be a man of principles. Even when journalists use their speech in offensive ways, you need to be protected from free speech. When you begin cherry-picking the application of the rules, tilting the playground, and punishing your enemies, you lose the moral high ground.

In the long run, it costs you both heart and mind. And that’s too valuable to squander.

Even for the world’s richest man.

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