We gotta stop getting hung up on these animals being inconsistent with themselves and each other.
While I see the humor in this, it’s not the kind of thing that the right wing would care about. Both of these takes are from people that believe in strong class hierarchy, with those on top owning/controlling most everything. The contrary take on EVs doesn’t even clock as dissonant if all you care about is punching down on people not like you, and want big powerful men to do the punching for you. It’s not seen as dysfunction, it’s toxic masculinity on display where guys are constantly jockying for their spot in the pecking order; that’s normal for people like this. So, they really are on the same team in the eyes of their constituents, with Musk having some political power without being a politician per-se.
We gotta stop getting hung up on these animals being inconsistent with themselves and each other.
While I see the humor in this, it’s not the kind of thing that the right wing would care about. Both of these takes are from people that believe in strong class hierarchy, with those on top owning/controlling most everything. The contrary take on EVs doesn’t even clock as dissonant if all you care about is punching down on people not like you, and want big powerful men to do the punching for you. It’s not seen as dysfunction, it’s toxic masculinity on display where guys are constantly jockying for their spot in the pecking order; that’s normal for people like this. So, they really are on the same team in the eyes of their constituents, with Musk having some political power without being a politician per-se.