As long as Musk's companies accurately disclose what the money they're raising is going to be used for, I don't think there is any issue. Shkreli was convicted because he claimed to investors that he was going to invest in x but actually invested in y.
And don't forget to only compare against 2012+ luxury sedans. The median age of U.S. passenger cars is nearly 12 years. There are exactly 0 autopilot equipped 12 year old cars. As vehicles have become significantly safer in the past 12 years, I wouldn't be surprised if the fatality rate of 2012 and newer luxury sedans was a third of the U.S. median.
What does the "new brand of patent troll companies" gain from this? Patent trolls exist today because of the monetary gain, why would those exist for no monetary gain?
> His manager, Allison Alogna, informed Wilberg and his colleagues that they were to “only accept” a certain rank of engineers (“Level 3”) if they were diverse.
So how does that stop economic growth of areas outside of the city? Sounds like it would ignite economic growth as smaller cities have to create their own services.
How did you get that at all from what I wrote? All I'm saying is when you have a problem with bank transfers you have to go through a centralized authority.
It's only because they are having an issue with centralized money. Where else but the regulatory agencies to go when you have an issue with fiat? There wouldn't be a problem like this when dealing in Bitcoin.