Commentary
Elon Musk is no communist, but he may end up having contributed more to its global success than anyone since Karl Marx.
By making the Tesla the status symbol of our times, and now apparently about to offer an affordable version for the common man and woman, he has helped clear the way for government imposition of electric vehicles (EV) across the globe.
With a complaisant President Joe Biden currently in putative control of such decisions in the United States, the electric car is upon us as never before, with new Environmental Protection Agency regulations this week that mandate a dramatic switch to all sorts of EVs by 2030—barely the blink of an eye away in historical terms….