What Drove Elon Musk - Onetime Democratic 'Fanboy' - To Troll Progressive Politics

08 Sep 2023 | Abstracted from LA Times

"...The government-imposed [COVID] mandates, in China and then California, inflamed his anti-authority streak...[stating to his employees] My frank opinion remains that the harm from the coronavirus panic far exceeds that of the virus itself...He went from being a fanboy and fundraiser for Barack Obama to railing against progressive Democrats."

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