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Jeezus christ, kid, I just said that the guy with his attitude and the right target group made EVs cool and therefore created the market back in the 10s. Which enabled the beginning of the EV revolution as we see it today. You make it a personal attack on me. Please be a lot calmer and gentler with other humans in the future.
I make no apology for my tone. However, although I do object strongly to your started position on this matter, I have no quarrel with you as an individual!
And again, any positive effect from his actions was not his goal nor his intent. So giving him credit for that is foolhardy at best. We should stop normalizing putting self absorbed sociopaths on any pedestal, for any reason. Nothing this man has ever done or accomplished is in any way praiseworthy. And we should not encourage him or others who might wish to emulate him, not even unintentionally.