“The thing about tycoons is that they’re not timid creatures of committees. They speak and act on their own, and they don’t let themselves be constrained by the conventions of less capable people. Elon Musk is our greatest tycoon, and while NASA can’t seem to get a spaceship into orbit reliably, he’s been launching rockets and satellites and astronauts at a pace that no mere nation-state can achieve. And he’s doing this while also manufacturing electric cars that no one else can match, digging tunnels that no one else can equal, and dominating the field of residential solar energy. His critics, meanwhile, only dominate the field of kvetching.”
“Democrats are particularly incensed that Musk has built successful businesses without unions”