alweirjt

Of course not. They never had the opportunity. If they had been born wealthy enough to treat companies like toys, they very well might have.

> being bequeathed a sizeable inheritance in the first place at least implies that one's attitude to managing wealth has already stood the test of time.

I don't believe so. At best it means perhaps your parents knew how to manage wealth. It doesn't imply the child inheritors will manage it well, or better than anyone else. At worst, it might simply mean the parents had so much wealth they were unable to spend it all before dying, and so some of it went to their offspring.

Considering the weight of ICE fuel is 2-3% of a typical car's mass, that "advantage" is negligible.

Elon isn't morally worse than my grandparents. It's currently much easier to rally people around things they hate than things they like or support. It seems like that was always true to a certain extent, but social media in particular has dialed it up to 11. Most of my coworkers and family define themselves by what they hate rather than what they like. I put a lot of effort into not going in that direction.