I feel like something is off with Elon and he is not well. Nowadays he's basically going against everything he stood for so long: freedom of speech (trying to suppress views that he does not like), climate change (now he does not have problem with oil companies), Negative impact of AI (liking/sharing fake AI posts to promote Trump), etc.
It is a sad story actually that his potential is wasted like this way.
It's just becoming visible for everyone now. Truth is, he was always like that.
Freedom of speech ? Tesla pretty much survived thanks to Elon's deal with China to build the Shanghai factory. He never ever said anything about freedom of speech there.
He also actively tried and succeed to shut down people pointing out online that Tesla finances were in a very dire state at the time (2018). Lookup 'Montana Sceptic' case - he found out the guy, personally called the office he worked in, and threatened with lawsuits, which would include his employer.
EDIT: I shared your point of view until quite recently.
My theory is some life extension or mind hacking thing he got into was tainted with heavy metals, and hes suffering from relatively severe lead or mercury poisoning
O rly, so when he announced full self driving in 2014 which would make cars by other manufacturers uneconomical ... He wasn't just taking out of his arse?
Or when he peddled his hyper loop, the concept from the early 1900s that is unachievable without revolutionizing basic science to a degree, that this hyper loop would become a mere sidenote in comparison
Or the solar roof village, which didn't have even a single roof tiled with working panels back then.
His whole history is just him making things up and simps believing him on his tall tales
It is a sad story actually that his potential is wasted like this way.