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Turning Elon Musk into the richest person on earth was a US government project on the same kind of scale as the TVA and Apollo program. It’s actually kinda funny when you think about it.

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This is reductive, in the extreme, to the point of being incorrect. SpaceX had to sue to win its first contracts, Tesla was actively cut out of Biden administration EV programs and awards. Whatever success they've had, they have absolutely earned.

> Tesla was actively cut out of Biden administration EV programs and awards

Incidentally this was the inception of the Tech Right. Before that, Elon exclusively voted for Democrats.

I didn't realize the impact back then: https://x.com/mualphaxi/status/1817562306764566824

the command of critical projects Elon has is unnatural. He builds his massive projects with no permits or regulatory approvals; see: - the massive supercomputer in Memphis, no power power approval from TVA and did do an EIA. The city council never new about the project.

- Starship and Starbase, no lauch approval

- Tesla FSD, no regulatory approval

-Starlink version 2 upgrade, the competition is still fight. Again, no approval

and many more.. all this projects a massive like really massive.. True Elon is a government project.

Starship and Starbase both required extensive government approvals, including for each launch so far.

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