Elon Musk: is he a good or bad influence?

Elon Musk is the richest man in the world, is his power a problem?

Elon Musk is the CEO of many companies, such as X, Tesla or Starlink, all of them bringing him more money and fame. For example, he is very influential on X since he has over 200 million followers on it. He also receives many controversial opinions about the free will he gives people on the app to write whatever they want, but he doesn't care, he believes that since that's his app, he can let people write whatever they want.

At the 2024 elections, he intervened and helped Donald Trump win by influencing people to vote for him through X. Also, he spent more than $250 million helping Trump win, most of the money being spent on canvassing, messages and digital advertising.

Elon Musk tweeted one day that he doesn't like a refugee charity program and since then, the people influenced by him have sent hateful comments to the campaign workers. Also, in 2022, when the war between Russia and Ukraine started, Elon Musk donated internet from Starlink terminals to Ukraine and asked them to give up and give Russia a part of their territory. Since Ukraine didn't want to do it, Elon Musk was planning on stopping the funds but changed his mind and continued helping them.

I think it's very interesting how Elon Musk became this successful from Zip2 which he created in 1995 and later on it was bought for $307 million dollars. Then, he created X.com, an app specially made for online transactions, which became PayPal. It's undeniable that he is intelligent but that doesn't mean he is the right candidate for his current role as Trump's advisor for example.

In conclusion, Elon Musk's power is a problem in some point of views, but he also helps the humanity advance, Starlink helps in space exploration, Tesla helps the planet with clean energy and making the AI advance and X gives people free will to write whatever they want without getting banned.