What's been on my mind more of late is the Great Elon Musk show. Way back there was an illusionist named David Copperfield who made the Statue of Liberty disappear. Everyone in the bleachers and watching on TV saw it. A helicopter flying overhead showed an image of the podium sans statue. It was a magic trick. You've seen the Musk trick - his big rocket boosters that return safely to Earth in a standing position. Unless Musk has come up with some novel form of rocket propulsion and figured out a way to defy the restrictions imposed by the weight of fuel, I have to suspect fraud.

Back in the 1800s a couple of fraudsters made up the "scientific fact" that Manhattan was going to sink. The only way to save it was to cut the island in half. So, investors were conned, workers were hired, and the fraudsters disappeared with the money. I'm betting that Elon Musk already owns a very large home/compound in a country that has no extradition treaty with the US.

Milennials like to think that they're immune to hucksters - they've even started the "skeptic movement" where they trash every idea and attitude that does not follow their PC agenda. And, they think that Star Trek is real. While they trash "conspiracy theories" they were promoting the idea that NASA has a secret FTL engine that only awaits world-wide PC union before we launch for the stars. Every generation has been suckered by some big con, and I think it likely that Elon Musk has created a doozie.