On one level, Schmid said, “he’s just an auto executive, but we’ve all seen enough Bond movies to know that Tesla is just a cover for his more sinister activities.”
“SpaceX and his attempt to buy Twitter are much more representative of Musk’s ambitions, which are, like any other Bond villain, world domination by any means necessary,” he said “The question then becomes: why is this figure so appealing, rather than appalling to so many?
Schmid said this is partly because “Americans have a long history of worshipping both individualism and criminality, so their combination is practically irresistible.”
“But also because we know there are no James Bonds left, only villains,” he said “And what many Americans crave more than anything is to back the winning team, no matter how dirty they play. Musk as President? It makes perfect and horrible sense to me.”
