No. Nor can I recall a clearer divide between public opinion and the commentariat who are still sanewashing Musk and Trump while refusing to acknowledge the immediate threat of fascism and chaos across Europe.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
Can anybody think of any comparable case of reputational self-harm where any public figure had 40% undecided yet just about everybody undecided who came to a view decided that they were an utter pillock?
British views of Elon Musk, 2022-24, in his sustained bid to become our national super-villain
British views of Elon Musk, 2022-24, in his sustained bid to become our national super-villain
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I can never tell which of it's proponents are sincere or just mentally ill. Trump is another example.
Sadly, I see too many friends going down rabbit holes, whom I know are sincere 😬
Still seems to have a long way to go too. The number of believers seems to be growing rather than fragmenting.
Who’d have thought being publicly wrong constantly would be an effective recruitment tool to your ideology 🤷♂️
Meanwhile a real conspiracy theory - Lockerbie cover-up - appears to be legitimate.
Yet the Kremlin Cult never pushed that one. Easier to believe 9/11 was an inside job or Bridget Macron is a man 🙄