Musk was always one of those "both sides" libertarian tech bros that usually just end up right wing. Well before he became a household name with SpaceX and Tesla.

It reminds me of the joke: "libertarians are just Republicans who smoke weed"

frankly he played a pseudo-progressive sheen when he was dating Grimes, at least at first

btw the way i always heard it was "libertarians are just Republicans who are into S&M"

not sure that's aged well

but truly all the ayn rand types i first met when i was young were actually into S&M