The entire premise behind this post is equally as out of context. China uses patents as blueprints. In Spacex, patenting things is counterproductive. In terms of US competition it is not.

The guy is still a dick and he does manipulate markets. I would also argue that he doesn't have a case here. All that being said, being misleading does not help you win folks to your side. I thought we were trying to leave this stuff behind on Reddit.