Meant to add, why is “Disruptor” always posed as a positive thing?
Wouldn’t that depend on What is being disrupted?
Freaks are “Disrupting” our society, Eco-nuts are “Disrupting” our supply chains and energy sources.
Musk EV push is “Disrupting” the civilian vehicle market in ways that are NOT going to benefit us.
So I do not see his being disruptive as a positive trait.
I suppose it depends on which end of the sewer pipe you’re looking down; I had in mind all the dominant “socially accepted” leftist phony rules that so many, especially including establishment Republicans, feel compelled to conform to, without questioning their authority or legitimacy; like you have to be meek and polite and deferential (if you’re not a Democrat), and if it’s in the New York Times it must be true. Your point is well taken, though; the same people are free to kick my values to the curb when it suits them, and they do. As you say, disruption is not necessarily a good thing. But in the case of Twitter’s culture, there is little that would not benefit from disruption, as was the case with the culture of the DC swamp on the whole, and the dominant mass media culture.
Certainly, I don’t subscribe to everything Musk does; as I don’t subscribe to everything Trump does or says. But on the whole, I’d say the effect of both has been a heck of a breath of fresh air.