You want to know what makes Elon so great? He can buy things.

He bought Tesla, he didn’t invent electric cars.

You and me can buy stock in companies like Tesla too. But we can’t buy a 50% stake.

He is also willing to take risks. But it is so much easier to take a 1 million dollar risk on a few start ups if you have 250 million.

These techbros may very well be competent at some things but their number one qualification is their immense wealth.