Ron Bernstein

Either Elon stole this wealth, in which case Bernie should be advocating some kind of criminal case against him, or Elon produced and traded for this wealth, in which case he should rightly be viewed as a hero of civilization for such achievement, and an inspiration to others to achieve the same. Crucially, Bernie's wealth comes to him after being taken by force from others, while Elon's does not. And if you care about the plight of the poor, which all good people should, consider studying the structure of the financial system in which they operate. Consider, as Bernie shows, that from the 1970's something seems to have happened, structurally, that has lead to increasing wealth disparity. This disparity has little to do with Elon's momentous achievements, and much to do with money being perverted into a fiat institution when it was severed from gold in 1971. Civilization is sick because money itself—that blood which courses through its productive veins—was perverted. And it was perverted by people very much like Bernie, who, being unable to produce themselves, advocate for the wholesale theft of what others produce. That overt theft is somewhat distasteful, many insidious methods have been devised... most notably, the debasement of currency, which not one citizen in a hundred even diagnoses as the problem.