[kortilla]

> No, people are idolizing Musk because he is a billionaire.

No they are not. They are idolizing him specifically because of the success of Tesla, SpaceX, and PayPal.

> "he's rich, so he's obviously smarter than you!"

Nobody is making that argument. Its usually, “look at the success of the companies he leads”.

You can make an argument about whether or not he should get the credit he does for the success, but nobody is idolizing the wealth.

None of these people are going to defend the great insight of the winner of the last powerball because there is no repeated pattern of long term success.