There was a period between 2018 and 2022 where it was possible to be aware that Musk was an asshole, as many rich people are, but not be aware of his being a full-on Nazi.
Probably just making excuses for myself, but even then who cared. He was finally getting deserved criticism, people were no longer hanging on his every word, plus he was just running a couple businesses …. Who would give him any actual power?
I think you mean it became clear In 2018. Honestly if you were paying attention it was well before that, but that was big news. Even that article mentions him repeatedly coming under fire for his comments on twitter