Or, Elon is a very skilled sales person creating his businesses off the back of government grants.
Arguably, without government grants he wouldn't have succeeded, or been this successful.
Look at the sectors he's setup businesses,
Electric cars = government money Solar farms = government money Space rockets = government money
Going even further with this, is he a font man tasked with creating the Wests version of the Chinese app that controls all the things in your life, including you social credit score, bank, and communications?
Let's call it X.
This is why I think Elon actually does understand money. He understands the fiat system and how to take advantage of it to get closer to the money printer.
And yes, it's terrifying that X could become the government funded west version of WeChat.
These are all reasons we should be thinking and talking about it more.