[misterkrabs]

It's a tough sell, saying that Elon Musk and other entrepreneurs are more effective with their money than a democratically-elected board of experts might be.

Production doesn't come to a halt without entrepreneurs in any world except Ayn Rand's.

[TapWaterBandit]

Ah yes, I know of many great companies that were founded by democratically-elected boards for experts.

Imaginatron, Fantasticallipsis, Non-existamatica, and of course many others.

Can you honestly name a single company that was founded in this way you claim would be better?

[djohnston]

Yikes I couldn't disagree with this harder. Design by committee is a dumpster fire 99% of the time. Even "Mythical Man Month" discusses the importance of a top down design for software systems.