Unlike Trump, I think Elon's (or rather, the people behind him) actually playing chess. Every move he makes is nothing short of marketing brilliance, but the actions themselves pave way to plunge us further into an irrecoverable technological hellscape.

He's the perfect trojan horse. His would-be detractors are too pre-occupied with his edgy antics to see what he's actually laying the foundation for. I'd loooove to be wrong, but his track record is too long.