What do you have against PT Barnum?
Seriously! Why use him as a derisive example? He was successful marketing genius and businessman who created products that people wanted!
What were the first showboats if not circus tents for the rich and famous? SpaceX still has to develop the same engines and airframes to carry scientists, miners or clowns.
"Egress".
"Never give a sucker an even break."
He deserves, not our scorn, but our urine.