[dylan604]

That's how rich people stay rich. I've many a personal anecdote where I've been part of the staff working events for 1%ers where they are squabbling over prices just for the kicks of convincing someone else to take less money or the sense of getting something someone else wouldn't get. Then they joke about it with the friends. This is not unique to Elon by any stretch. He just does it in a much more public manner than I have ever seen. Even more blatant than Trump which is infamous for this business tactic.

[KerrAvon]

What's insane is that it's not actually how they stay rich. They'd be rich anyway. Most humans could live very comfortably with only the interest from one of their cash holding accounts. It's just arbitrary cruelty to other people because it makes them feel superior and salves their nouveau riche insecurities.