Elon Musk, owner of X, labeled ‘Scoundrel of the Year’ by New Republic, accused of being ‘evil’ and ‘deeply hateful’

Elon Musk, the owner of X, has been named ‘The Scoundrel of the Year’ by the American magazine, the New Republic, in a surprising turn of events. The magazine extensively detailed the billionaire’s actions and choices throughout 2023, which ultimately led to him receiving this controversial award. The New Republic did not hold back in their criticism, using strong language to describe Musk and stating that he demonstrated both evil and foolish behavior. This recognition follows Musk’s recent controversy involving anti-semitic comments posted on X, resulting in numerous advertisers boycotting the platform, as well as his use of profanity during a live interview.

While awarding Musk the controversial title, the publication pointed to all the decisions he’s made since taking over Twitter as the reason. The magazine added: “It’s hard to imagine a billionaire who would have done more to damage his own reputation in such a short period of time”.

Elon Musk was awarded the title “Rogue of the Year”.

The paper particularly highlighted Musk’s effort to recall Alex Jones and Donald Trump, controversial figures who were banned from the platform for hateful and inflammatory messages. The magazine claimed that the billionaire’s real intentions behind calling X “town square” and spreading the concept of free speech was so that he could express his own hateful opinions. “He sees Twitter as a weapon, a way not only to push his agenda, but to get his army of loyal losers on anyone he sees as an enemy,” the magazine added.

The magazine also called his appearance at the New York Times’ DeaBook event, where Musk used language to describe the advertisers who boycotted X, even saying they’re the reason the platform is being shut down and people are remembering. it’s their fault.

Unhip Musk

While the paper highlighted some of the incidents in which Musk was notoriously involved, it also provided plenty of personal commentary about him, most of it opinionated, such as one calling him “a deeply uncool human’s idea of a cool person”, “the funniest person”. alive,” “deeply hostile” and a conspiracy theorist. And finally, the report said, “Elon Musk is evil.”

Money machine

However, all these controversies did not stop Elon Musk from minting money. In fact, Elon Musk laughed all the way to the bank in 2023, as this Bloomberg report shows, Musk is leading the list of the world’s richest people who made the most money in 2023. The X owner has emerged as the richest person of the year, earning the title from French luxury tycoon Bernard Arnault.

Bloomberg said: “No one fared better than Elon Musk, who reclaimed the title of world’s richest person from French luxury magnate Bernard Arnault. The CEO of Tesla Inc. netted $95.4 billion in additional revenue as of Thursday’s close thanks to the success of Tesla and Tesla. SpaceX, after losing 138 billion in 2022. His net worth is now more than $50 billion greater than Arnault’s.”