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You seem to be conflating "necessary" vs. "sufficient".

Elon's inherited wealth and excellent upbringing were necessary for his Tesla and SpaceX success, but far from sufficient.

If a good rich childhood was all that's necessary to commercialize electric cars, reusable rockets, and fast satellite internet, then we'd have a lot more of these kinds of amazing products as millions of people have good rich childhoods.



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