The Economist decided it wanted to do some "journalism," so they sent top editor Zanny Minton Beddoes to ask Elon Musk why he's evil.
Elon fought back.
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Elon took time from revolutionizing space travel to eviscerate a professional journalist, and he did so with style.
What amazes me is that Elon - the richest man on the planet - is more in touch with the average man and woman than the reporter who pretends to be holding truth to power.
He even tried to warn her about this!
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There has likely never been a time in history where the "expert" class has been this wildly out of step with what normal people believe and how normal people live.
At one point, Beddoes tried to go for the jugular by pulling out the "R" word.
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I'll let you decide who the normal one is in this interview.
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