Musk is fascinated by the idea of the “Star Trek Economy”. What do I mean by “Star Trek” economy. Did you ever see any in any of the Star Trek manifestations have any other job then Star Fleet? The closet is remember is “Mud’s Women”. It’s loosely implied the miners are private sector. With replicators making everything from food to clothing, etc. Where is the need?
Musk is a dreamer. Sometimes he dreams dumb!
He’s more like Arthur Jensen from the movie “Network”:
‘The world is a business, Mr. Beale. It has been since man crawled out of the slime. And our children will live, Mr. Beale, to see that... perfect world... in which there’s no war or famine, oppression or brutality. One vast and ecumenical holding company, for whom all men will work to serve a common profit, in which all men will hold a share of stock. All necessities provided, all anxieties tranquilized, all boredom amused.’