I use a PC that runs on Windows, so I understand the contribution that Bill Gates made to my life. I occasionally buy items on Amazon, and I watch documentaries on Amazon Prime, so I don’t resent the fortune accumulated by Jeff Bezos. I’m not on Facebook, but I know plenty of people who rely on it, so I don’t ask why Mark Zuckerberg is a billionaire many times over. But what about Elon Musk? What has he ever done for me, or anyone around me?
I don’t drive a Tesla. In any event, Chinese electric cars are better and cheaper than his. I don’t use Starlink or X, either. I don’t see how Musk has made any positive contribution to my life. What, then, justifies his status as a trillionaire? Why should the American political system continue to treat him as a demigod whose whims and weird ideology will define the future?
Beats me.