Agreed. Surely the workers would have gotten together on their own, pooled their resources and achieved at least as much as they have if it weren't for Musk.

/s

Seriously, this is just blind hate. He's a deeply flawed individual and I definitely think he's a jerk, but he's at least he's taking risk on creating something actually new.

The richest people I know made money on "safe" industries like civil engineering and plastic bag manufacturing.

Pushing the aerospace industry? Challenging the petrol status quo by making EVs viable? Credit where credit is due, he put in the investment and pushed people to make it happen. Obviously not single handedly, but surely accelerated it.

Agreed. The workers provided value for him. He decided to take it all

Was there ever a successful collective of the kind that the Left dreams about?

If not, doesn't it indicate that CEOs are pretty important in the business scheme of things?

Do you mean was there any field that was advanced through the use of public funds?

Yes, a lot of scientific advancement comes from exactly that.

Yes. Mondragon.