In Trashing Elon Musk, Bret Stephens Indicates He Has Never Heard of China

Bret Stephens rightly takes Elon Musk to task for his buffoonish attacks on his critics, dubbing him "The Donald of Silicon Valley." (I prefer my line, "the Donald Trump of futuristic entrepreneurs," but the point is the same.) Like Trump, Musk apparently is unable to accept criticism and lashes out at the integrity and competence of his critics. Also like Trump, he is apparently unable to run a profitable company.

However, where Stephens goes badly astray is in telling his readers that elect...