I certainly get the point and conclusion (I hope at least) - visionaries usually have hard times in their present based on various reasons - people hat new things, they have no trust in new stuff, they only see mad things that personalities do. Remember most pioneers are indeed a bit crazy, no doubt.
Personally I am not a Musk and not a Tesla fan - I even think that he is not as visionary as he claims to be but he is (or has) a perfect marketing engine and I am sure all we see (even bad PR) is a planned scenario. But I might be wrong as well :-). Great post- thanks for that.