Collusion between the State and Business. There is a name for that.
Oil companies get subsidies. Don’t go attacking Tesla for asking equivalent of what other businesses get.
(Hey, if you don’t ask, they won’t say ‘yes’.)
The Federal government already sends $649 Billion a year to oil and gas companies in subsidies. They’re sending a bunch to solar and wind operators too. Personally, I think all subsidies should be phased out so the free market can decide what the best path forward should be.
And if we’re not going to let the free market do its job, let’s at least act in our own strategic interest and focus on energy and technology we can readily produce at home for long periods of time without relying on countries like China or terrorist-supporting regimes in the Middle East.
Nationalsozialismus. Sieg Heil! </sarc>
In short, fascism.