I mean imagine being full of vigor to go out and do great things in the tech world, and then get your life almost destroyed by a stupid lawsuit at a young age by people who are much "stupider".
Many of us would absolutely be just as contrarian towards general society as he is, and idolize contrarian figured like Musk.
Doesn't mean that the work he is doing is not valid. It's a shame though because his ideology is very likely to hinder the progress in his companies (like for example policy against remote work).
The quality, arrogance and ignorance of enterprise SDLC was akin to that of a 1st year grad.