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[–] spookybm 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

You realize that Tesla is not his actual main business, right?
Its literally a honeycow for his real project.... To go to space.
Space exploration is extremely expensive and someone has to trick the government to fund it to launch a nuke

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[–] WORF_MOTORBOATS_TROI 2 points -2 points (+0|-2) ago 

Yeah space-x isnt exactly independent of governmental support either. The solar-panel-shingles thing and the high-speed undergound mass-transit thing also rely on government support or subsidies.