Elon Musk responded to criticism of a former US presidential candidate by calling for what one might call universal values.
What happened: US Senator Bernie Sanders Thursday tweeted: “We are at a time in American history where two guys – Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos – own more wealth than the bottom 40% of the people in this country. The level of greed and inequality is not just immoral. is unsustainable. “
In response, the Tesla Ing (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO tweeted: “I gather resources to make life more planetary and extend the light of consciousness to the stars.”
We are in a moment in American history where two guys – Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos – own more wealth than the bottom 40% of the people in this country. That level of greed and inequality is not just immoral. This is unsustainable.
– Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) 18 March 2021
I gather resources to make life more planetary and extend the light of consciousness to the stars
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 21 March 2021
In 2020, Musk, which owns SpaceX, said it would send a million people to Mars by 2050.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Musk is now the second richest person in the world with a fortune of $ 170 billion, after Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), the wealth of which is $ 181 billion.
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