The reverse question is far more interesting: Why is Elon Musk assumed to be admirable given the true nature of his "accomplishments?" It is quite true that he

The reverse question is far more interesting: Why is Elon Musk assumed to be admirable given the true nature of his "accomplishments?" It is quite true that he's been around and a part of many good and big things, Tesla, SpaceX, etc -- but there's increasing evidence that his "contribution" hasn't been much besides being born rich and following hobbies. That's not inherently bad, of course. It's no ones fault that they were born rich, and it's great if you can leverage that to do good things. But the facade is coming off of Musk, and he appears to be shifting from "hey cool science things" to being greedy for straight up power -- which is an absurdly predictable path. This sort of thing happens all the time in history.