Saw someone make a really interesting point that Americans cant possibly compete with third-world cultures because they're bug-hive-swarm cultures. They will live in the pod, they will eat their water-flavored nutrient paste, they will work 90 hour weeks, they will have 9 kids and raise them to be the same way. Americans want luxuries like sick days and spaces conducive to raising healthy children. We couldn't possibly contend with people who come from countries where "luxuries" means plumbing and stable electrical grids. So of course guys like Elon - who, like every other billionaire, views humans as playthings and disposable means to whatever his ends are (it isn't going to Mars, sorry Elon bros) - want to import these people in massive quantities. Obedient and low-maintenance flesh robots? Which nations soul can I sign over?