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Space X relies on government contracts and government funded research not the tax savings of tech billionaires. And yes I read the rest.

• chr1 7y ago
  ESA also relies on government funding, but its chief was saying that reusability is not needed because with reusable rockets workers would have nothing to do half of the year. And other NASA contractors didn't get much done either. So a particular millionaire keeping his millions was crucial for the whole thing to succeed. Could someone working at NASA accomplish the same? Yes if there was a good way to measure good and bad decisions made by different people, so that multiple routes are explored, and failing route is discarded despite its proponent being a respected person, but unfortunately we do not have a working way for that other than money. I hope you agree that so far in all places where state tried to take all the money and redistribute everyone ended up worse off (USSR, North Korea, Cuba, Maoist China, Venezuela). You may not agree, but as far as i can tell Europe is lagging behind USA in terms of innovation because of higher taxes. And Singapore's economy is growing faster than US because of lower tax rate. I am not suggesting that all taxes should be eliminated or even that they should be returned to their pre WW1 levels, but based on this i think it is a reasonable hypothesis that lower tax could be more beneficial for society, and if some people want to test that out on a seastead they should not be met with hostility for trying to destroy the social state and not pay taxes.