When wealth and power collide

Understanding Musk's mistakes so you can avoid his fate

But he must be prudent enough not to deceive himself as to his strength, which he will always do, if he measure it by money, by advantage of position, or by the good-will of his subjects, while he is unprovided with an army of his own.

These are things which may swell your strength but do not constitute it, being in themselves null and of no avail witho…