[estearum]

> This was never about money for him, but about control over a key technology

That's too flattering. It's about ego.

[vladmk]

Agreed - if you read any Elon books that’s a part of it. He always had someone to prove himself to from his dad to the world. It’s almost Michael Jordanesque except business wise.

[halfmatthalfcat]

So just like Trump. Birds of a feather.