Comment by flowerthoughts
2 days ago
It's a good story. Having a tangible villain helps some people internalize the message more easily than if it was a dry account with vague connections to reality. If you're out to "rally the troups", stirring up emotion is a required component.
Take CCP is an example to form an emotional attachment to.
But the tangible villain is already there no? Musk?
The CCP is used to shake and wake the folks that see Musk as the hero and everything taking place as lovely. Since they only see a hero in the story a villian is introduced to attempt to make think about how things could go wrong.