Elon Musk leads America more than Donald Trump does, trust me. Don't get discouraged because Donny has become President. They hardly do anything interesting.
I meant "led" on every level. Our president is a symptom of a much larger problem of know-nothingism and myopic greed. We're in a social tailspin, with no clear way out.
And it's absurd to think that Elon Musk has more power or influence as an industrialist than the POTUS, Trump or not.
We're in a social tailspin because no one is willing to step up and make solutions for our enormous problems. Elon Musk is coming up with solutions, and if you exist in the sphere around him, the social tailspin is much, much less, because there is a purpose to life and a reason to commit yourself to your work.
Donald will have a much, much smaller impact on the future of the USA than Elon will.
I share your enthusiasm about Elon Musk's projects, but that strikes me as painfully naive. I'm skeptical we'll manage to exit the Trump era without irreparable harm. But it's beyond clear that the work that needs to be done to address our numerous ongoing crises isn't being done, and that's what's problematic, even if Trump doesn't launch the nukes.
That's the worst-case scenario, and every official source indicates that it's Trump's prerogative alone to decide whether to unleash a nuclear assault. So unless Elon Musk has the ability to shutdown a nuclear war, your assertion is based on blind faith, and not on a rational evaluation of the situation.
But even that's beside the point. We need a society that's oriented around bold ideas to set us on a sustainable track. In your language, far more Musks in business and government. One of them is not going to do the trick.
