The Left: “Elon Musk never invented any of the stuff.”

See this trope all over the place. It is, by far, the most telling indication that the person has never built something others value.

Musk is a strange dude, and he would admit that. His maniacal obsession (a la Gates, Jobs, etc) can flame people out, but holy shite the stuff they get done.

The world was not and is not changed by people who invented cars, computers, or art. How many other creations have sat “undiscovered” by the rest of the world because the creators never developed the marketplace for them? “Marketplace” does not necessarily mean a place to sell the creations, but it does mean finding an audience or customer base willing to invest time or money in your creation, and time looking at your art in a gallery or museum is included.

These people are always so exasperating to me. They are largely the type that will also rail about greedy business owners while they tap out this crap on their $1,000 phone while sipping a $9 latte.

It’s a set of people that can’t get past their own bitterness to recognize that they are the beneficiaries (and enablers) of so much they rail against.

They will laud these same people if they say the right things, but go completely mental when the heresy comes out.

Rant over, but I just get so tired of these preening assholes.