Oh you brought critical thinking to the topic. That’s generally welcome on HN. But those stories about Musk have an inevitable headline: “Another angle from which to justify your resentment of Elon Musk, including the opportunity to prove that you are a better than him, of not in achievement then in moral standards”.

That’s why your comment, which demonstrates knowledge of the circumstances and asks the obvious questions, ranks 1/3 of the page down.