It's really remarkable how much the media has turned on Musk after he bought Twitter and came out in favor of such outdated values as "free speech." This dude's fixation on genitals, gun control and running over poor people with SUVs is pretty weak, though.
Everything Musk does isn't going to work out. But I have always thought we needed some big idea folks with money to push us into a better future (like an affordable and practical electric car, or sending men to Mars). Musk has shown he's willing to put his money where his mouth is, and we could use a few more people like him.
That said, I don't really see the appeal of the cybertruck but maybe it will spawn some other innovations in the industry.
This is what cracks me up. Musk thinks EV's are the future, but knows it's insanely impractical to expect everyone to get them right now. He knows it will take a long time, it's just a goal we need to work towards, not make radical, unrealistic expectations like the lefties want to do. So the funny part....he makes a bullet proof truck and when asked why he made it, his answer was, "Because I can".
He's not just an innovator, he's eccentric and still has a "fuck it, why not?" side (like a flame thrower). That's the shit that really makes me like him. I think the cybertruck is ugly as hell and doesn't really qualify as a truck. It may tow a huge load, but part of having a truck is a functional bed....and he doesn't care. That's just funny to me. He's basically our real life, modern day Willy Wonka.
He's the only absurdly rich guy I can think of in our history that did whacky shit or put his money where his mouth is, like you said. The rest of them are solely in it to line their pockets or push some absurd agenda, like making us eat lab produced meat and crickets.