What happens when soldiers go hungry in tinpot dictatorships

The lead poisoning generation strikes again

Problem is a lot of things got rolled into the "tech" banner and of those things, advertising and financial speculation took over.

Tesla does horrendous things and was celebrated for it. Upper/middle management sees that and insists upon following suit.

What makes you think they actually read The Lord of the Rings?

Even back then, the quickest way to get under Musk's skin was to imply he wasn't cool