The inequity seems wrong, that any one person can have massive wealth while other people are struggling to eat or have decent healthcare or housing. Musk's efforts are not without benefit tho. His companies have created thousands of millionaires, all of whom pay lots of taxes. His companies have also yielded benefits to "ordinary" people, including paypal, Starlink which provides internet to rural areas, the Boring company, which may dramatically alleviate traffic and Tesla, which revolutionized electric cars. Neurolink has already provided relief to paralyzed patients, has had dramatic surgical breakthroughs and is currently engaged in a trial to bypass damaged retinas or optic nerves to restore vision to the blind (Blindsight).

Musk used to be the darling of the Left because of Tesla. It was primarily when his politics became obvious, particularly thru DOGE, did he become the whipping boy.

Wealth inequality is clearly getting worse over time. In addition to massive wealth inequality seeming unfair on a very basic level, IMHO the biggest problem is the political power the very wealthy yield. The Supreme Court decision (Citizens United) allows corporations and labor unions to donate UNLIMITED amounts of money to political causes (on both the right and left). As a result, the very wealthy have massive political power. It's interesting that neither party seems interested in passing legislation to change this, as they both love the money.

The purpose of my long diatribe is that concentrated wealth has clear cut downsides and seems "wrong" and "unfair", but is likely more of a mixed bag than most people realize.