So Musk is rich; sure, I’ll give him credit for having money. But just because Musk had enough cash to buy successful companies, that doesn’t make him a genius or a visionary or even important.
What visions? What did he come up with? Again, he just bought companies that were already doing stuff and let them do what they’d been doing. He didn’t come up with rockets, or electric cars, or submarines, or tunnels. He takes ideas from others and presents them as his own. Whether that gets him investments or not is a separate discussion about the stupidity of market economies, but it sure doesn’t make him smart or innovative.
So not taking risks at all. So not doing anything remarkable, then. Having enough money to do whatever you want, because you’ll never run out because people keep investing in you because you’re rich and famous. Again, that gets him absolutely zero credit from me.
Massive, massive subsidies that keep them liquid. Tesla and SpaceX are both not profitable enterprises, they are kept afloat by outside investments and a cult of personality.
Again, it is impossible to give Elon Musk credit for anything other than being rich and famous. Prove me wrong. He has innovated nothing, built nothing. He’s Donald Trump but with rockets and cars instead of casinos and steaks.