Elon didn't get played.

The losers who thought a narcissistic billionaire cared about them got played.

You're spot on with your 2nd assessment though. The reason Elon came out of nowhere saying Taiwan should be part of China is because he wants to be in bed with authoritarians. As long as they have money. Chinese, Saudi. Elon is a slut for anyone with money right now.

He already is.

He has no problem raging about censorship and free speech when a private company limits someone's account but you won't hear him speak out against government surveillance and censorship in China. He's far too scared to piss them off.

Dude came out openly in support of Taiwan being part of China too.

>he was constantly on social media

That's how.

It's not like you log in one day and instantly believe all those things. It's a slow and incremental brainwashing process that's exacerbated by social media algorithms designed to suggest content similar to what you're already viewing to stop you from going outside.

And there is a brand new bunch of people who were new to all this and only started watching covid conspiracies on YouTube and Facebook who are well on their way to harassing mass shooting survivors in oh...well anytime now actually.

No, Ukrainians actually want democracy. They aren't rejecting it. Their source of pain isn't from within.

Lol. It sounds like you're the one here crying salty incel tears not them.