Source that this is a company town of old?
Edit: Why am I getting dowvoted for asking for a source?
Edit: Why am I getting dowvoted for asking for a source?
Elon Musk is the dominant shareholder for SpaceX. My understanding is that with Tesla he always tried to vertically integrate everything, but with X it's all cut to the bare minimum. Hard to say if he'll go for "company controlled" or "free market" for Starbase, Texas but "company controlled" is not an unlikely outcome.
If the company builds, owns, and operates all the amenities that make a town, it's a company town. Like buying stock, these opinions are speculation, and might look wise or foolish later.
Yes, and the letter says SpaceX wants the town incorporated so they can turn over functions that they're currently doing to the new public body. So literally the opposite of the claim of a company town is happening.
You might not like him, but give the man at least some credit for what’s been accomplished by SpaceX.
Also, Musk's accomplishments are subsidized both literal government subsidies as well as exploitative labor practice (not to mention that he spends his wealth - again, tax payer money - to destroy democracy).
Don't put him on a pedestal.
Source that SpaceX got government subsidies?