I can agree with you that a lot of people criticise "tall poppies" as a distraction from their own weaknesses, and that this applies to Elon Musk critics more t

I can agree with you that a lot of people criticise "tall poppies" as a distraction from their own weaknesses, and that this applies to Elon Musk critics more than most. But people are well entitled to point out mistakes and ethical/legal breaches by elites, and indeed it's important that it be done so in order that elites be kept from completely reckless or stupid behaviour (I refer you to the story of The Emperor's New Clothes as a long-understood demonstration of this concept). People still need to be kept accountable to laws and societally accepted standards of behaviour, no matter how much they claim to be doing to save the world, else anyone will be able to come up with their own justification for acting illegally and unethically.