Comment by jrflowers

Saying “we don’t know what he actually thinks” is a defense. You only ever see people use that line when it comes to his politics, but never say, to question whether he actually likes Diablo 4 or AI.

When it comes to things that people find mundane or agreeable, the stuff he posts about all day reflects what he thinks but when he gives fifty million dollars to Stephen Miller[1] in 2022 to fund his Citizens for Sanity ads[2], maybe he’s trolling or it’s drugs or whatever.

> I'm thinking about what led to his success, and how those lessons might apply to me or people I'm supporting.

This is quite literally a defense of his character. If your response to “this guy sucks, here is proof that this guy sucks” is “there is literally nothing bad he could do that justifies thinking about anything other than the positives about him”, that is what defending a person looks like.

1

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4912754-musk-donated-m...

2

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/11/who-is-behind-citize...