FWIW I wasn't making that statement as a moral judgement one way or the other, but you're right. Only a fool ignores reality while living in it. Libertarians and government subsidies are the classic example. On the one hand you believe that any government subsidize are evil. On the other hand, if you live by your principles and reject all government subsidies, you are at a competitive disadvantage and will never get anywhere. It's not hypocritical to accept reality so that you can function in it while simultaneously arguing that the system is broken and should be fixed.
What did he do to "abuse the system" -- take money from the government to develop a totally new product and company in a market that has enormous financial barriers, not to mention solving all of the technical problems?
It has been the policy of the US government to develop a battery-powered car for at least the last 50 years, and the grant money has flowed all that time, only to encounter real, technical difficulty.
A LOT of well-funded people have made the attempts, but Musk delivered, and if we can manage to keep our political families away from the trough for another four years, the whole country may benefit.
Jesus even told a parable ab an accountant who cheated his Boss by allowing clients to pay a part of their debt...so he coud keep his job.
Jesus commented that the children of the world are smarter ab such things...I agree: Elon works The System. But, some good has come from it.
FWIW I wasn't making that statement as a moral judgement one way or the other, but you're right. Only a fool ignores reality while living in it. Libertarians and government subsidies are the classic example. On the one hand you believe that any government subsidize are evil. On the other hand, if you live by your principles and reject all government subsidies, you are at a competitive disadvantage and will never get anywhere. It's not hypocritical to accept reality so that you can function in it while simultaneously arguing that the system is broken and should be fixed.
What did he do to "abuse the system" -- take money from the government to develop a totally new product and company in a market that has enormous financial barriers, not to mention solving all of the technical problems?
It has been the policy of the US government to develop a battery-powered car for at least the last 50 years, and the grant money has flowed all that time, only to encounter real, technical difficulty.
A LOT of well-funded people have made the attempts, but Musk delivered, and if we can manage to keep our political families away from the trough for another four years, the whole country may benefit.
Jesus even told a parable ab an accountant who cheated his Boss by allowing clients to pay a part of their debt...so he coud keep his job. Jesus commented that the children of the world are smarter ab such things...I agree: Elon works The System. But, some good has come from it.