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They own equity in a company that owns part of the mine, they don't own it outright.

On your second point, I thought the whole complaint from people about Elon was that he wasn't actually "self-made" because he benefitted from the gains of the mine and had a privileged upbringing. If you just think owning mines in general is unethical, I'm really not sure what to say.

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> They own equity in a company that owns part of the mine, they don't own it outright.

Of course, but it's a distinction without a difference.

>the whole complaint from people about Elon was that he wasn't actually "self-made" because he benefitted from the gains of the mine and had a privileged upbringing.

Yep. Not only is this claim factually false, but (as you point out) it doesn't make any sense because there isn't any inherent ethical problem with mining.

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