Elon Musk has sought to accumulate political capital commensurate with his extravagant wealth. In the past year, Musk has publicly opined on global conflicts, met with numerous world leaders and US senators to discuss artificial intelligence and his space and satellite technologies. And he has courted senior Chinese officials on their home turf.
This is why billionaires shouldn’t exist. Money is power and power corrupts. (Not that he was a saint before he made billions, but he’s only got from bad to absolutely despicable.)