For a narcissist with a messiah complex, this is actually pretty much on brand.

As someone who's been following the career of Elon Musk for a number of years, I found this kind of surprising with respect to how far things have gone—but by no means shocking. Between him inching closer to explicit eugenics and the general cult-leader vibe you get from quotes like “Some hate humanity, but I love humanity so much” and the repeated claims that he is saving America / Western civilization / the species itself (seriously, he talks like this all the time), how can you not at least halfway see something like this coming?