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But musk is nonunion, treats his workforce like crap, funds team oligarchy insurrectionists, does not care about who gets killed as collateral, and does not have to deal with constant underfunding and political nonsense out of Washington. If failure was an option out of the incumbents things might be different, but they have not had that kind of freedom since the 1960's. The marvel of musk is what is possible with the wealth that the oligarchy has stolen since the 1960's. Moving from a military funded economy to venture capital was the right move, but deregulation and trickle down bullshit economics combined with liberal stupidity has lead us to glorifying neo feudalism like idiots. Exceptionalism is a myth of epic proportions. You are a product of your chosen path, opportunities, and social networking. If you were born into a family with massive colonial holdings in Africa, and were willing to screw over millions if people, kill thousands, and knowingly accelerate or even profit from the impeding global catastrophe from the climate, you too could be a neo feudal lord like musk.