They think he’s egotistical, a fantasist, a rich boy snake oil salesman with more money than sense. They see his decision to put one of his Tesla cars on the rocket and send it into space as yet more proof of his huge ego. I imagine some of them would even be happy to see FH ...
Idealism or idealists are often described with slightly negative connotations, being associated with impractical dreaming of an imagined Utopia, “the idealist is primarily a fantasist” (Finken, 2009: 699). Aiming for Utopian lifestyles has been connected to the early stages of establishing ecovillage...