I get the trend (and need) to personalize a company, to give it a "face", but SpaceX is not Elon, Tesla is not Elon, even Twitter is not Elon.

There are thousands of people doing the heavy lifting every day which ultimately determine success or failure.

Yes Elon takes a driving interest in one or the other (currently X) from time to time, and yes, because the media likes personalities, and cultivating personalities, you are encouraged to think of those companies as "Elon" - but in truth his daily impact is minimal. (Sure, he can fire half the staff, load it up with debt, kill an iconic brand, and do other ceo stuff, all with predictable impacts, but ultimately he doesn't actually do the work that is required.)

So your Mastodon bubble wasn't representative of everyone? How shocking.

Turns out he and his companies are still doing interesting things.

SpaceX is a bit different because there's people like Gwen Shotwell there to keep Elon's worst tendencies in check. They also have to convince the FAA they're not doing anything stupid.