that guy is SO independant it almost stinks!
That is just factually un-true. Both of his main businesses (Tesla & SpaceX) would be complete failures, if not for all the stolen money that keeps them afloat. He "embarrasses them most of the time" because that's the puppet show, justifying funneling insane amounts of stolen money into his corporate coffers.
- TechCrunch: The Government Comes Through For Tesla With A $465 Million Loan For Its Electric Sedan (2009)
- CNN: How Tesla's rivals support Tesla (2013)
- LA Times: Elon Musk’s growing empire is fueled by $4.9 billion in government subsidies (2015)
- CNBC: How government policies and taxpayer money have helped Elon Musk and Tesla (2018)
- Forbes: Elon Musk Is A Government Subsidy Critic, But Tesla’s Q2 Results Were Helped By Covid-19 Aid (2020)
- Mercury News: Tesla’s dirty little secret: Its net profit doesn’t come from selling cars (2021)
- Electrek: Tesla (TSLA) could get over $1 billion in government funding for battery factory at Gigafactory Berlin (2021)
Just a few examples, that made mainstream headline news.
No "theory" here, just obvious conspiracy.