[chaosagent]

But I would call Musk semi-private. Space-X and Tesla are heavily subsidized.

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I’ll give you Tesla, but I keep hearing people say this about SpaceX buy how is SpaceX subsidized except by the government paying them to launch satellites, instead of paying someone else, like the Russians?

[Pontiac]

Elon Musk's growing empire is fueled by $4.9 billion in government subsidies .

I won't say that it is necessarily bad considering there isn't anyone out there that is totally independent.

But don't be deceived that Musk is a capitalist.