The cool thing about material bases is that you don't need to be cognizant of them not do they even need to be direct or overt. Billionaire worship follows from a consumerist way of life, itself a product of capitalism. It'll feed on people with insecurities or a desperation for someone to fix their problems or even just average folks that absorb pop culture nonsense like "Musk is a big inventor genius". The fanbois don't need a direct material interest in Musk's success to cheer for him, they just need to be part of the mass media discourse and a little unlucky.
The cool thing about material bases is that you don't need to be cognizant of them not do they even need to be direct or overt. Billionaire worship follows from a consumerist way of life, itself a product of capitalism. It'll feed on people with insecurities or a desperation for someone to fix their problems or even just average folks that absorb pop culture nonsense like "Musk is a big inventor genius". The fanbois don't need a direct material interest in Musk's success to cheer for him, they just need to be part of the mass media discourse and a little unlucky.