Sure. But they do actually do very impressive things. Generally people we write off as "grifters" do not actually produce anything of value. And 10 years ago,

Sure. But they do actually do very impressive things. Generally people we write off as "grifters" do not actually produce anything of value. And 10 years ago, the list of things they were merely purported to do includes many of the things that today they actually do. E.g. manufacturing EVs at scale, reusing rockets, etc.