Comment by manlymuppet

    > I mean SpaceX was literally caught buying Cybertrucks it's clear there's some corruption.

SpaceX doesn't exclusively fund itself through government money. They have plenty of private investors, and they used private money to buy those Cybertrucks. This purcahse is not the clear sign of corruption you present it to be; there is zero evidence that money from government contracts was used.

Government contracts are not grants. There are specific appropriations for where that money is allowed to be used.

And as for your point about the funds going to other ventures, sure I guess. You're free to think whatever you want about which private companies deserve funding, but it's not like it's unfair to anyone when two private agents get together and agree to do something. That is the case even if the private investor funds the private company to do something considered phony and pointless.