I'm not so sure if that assessment is true, but regardless of that, it also doesn't matter.
Decisions in tooling are not made by the 99% of the population, but a subset that is likely a lot more tuned-in to all this. After all, that is kinda their job so that they can make good decisions
Counterpoint: if that was the case, Musk and Thiel wouldn't as successful as they are.
Our modern capitalist societies are, at the very least, amoral.