My sample size is limited (Thiel, Musk, Bezos, etc.), but I’ve noticed the pattern where successful businessmen (often benefiting from public investments and go

My sample size is limited (Thiel, Musk, Bezos, etc.), but I’ve noticed the pattern where successful businessmen (often benefiting from public investments and government subsidies) become more libertarian over time, and strangely also tend to become defense/government contractors. Is this an irony or hypocrisy? Or maybe they’re trying to make a point (as in, the best way to get a bug fixed is to exploit it.) Or maybe it’s just easier to have one giant customer than a billion tiny ones? Genuinely curious about this…