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Lots of people have lots of money. None of them are doing what Musk is.

Besides, although Musk was born into wealth, there's no evidence on his wikipedia page that he had access to it:

"working odd jobs at a farm and lumber-mill" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk

"Musk says that before the company became successful, he could not afford an apartment and instead rented an office and slept on the couch and showered at the YMCA, and shared one computer with his brother."

He made his initial money on an internet startup. Nothing wrong with that.



Wikipedia quotes Elon Musk saying something, and we take it at face value? Let's apply some collegiate (or otherwise) critical thinking about our sources.




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