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How is @mehdirhasan this stupid?

We don't invite cognitohazards to our institute.

We’re always just one more tax away from utopia.

I always hear them talking about taxing Elon, but never Soros and Gates. I wonder why?

Cyberpunk has Adam Smasher. Star Wars has Vader. Star Trek has the borg. Checks out.

It's terrifying to share democracy with minds so ignorant, so confident, so naive, so uncurious & uninterested in understanding the mechanics of value creation behind 99% of human progress. These people vote, and they drag civilisation down.

Start of an oncall shift.

Throwing more money at public schools, even doubling teacher salaries, has virtually no effect on student outcomes.

I think possibly the best thing about Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire is how angry it makes a bunch of losers who've never built a thing in their lives.

The problem with many non-profits is that they get paid for "trying," not for "succeeding." That's why profit is a powerful and effective motivator.

I forgot I said this, but this is the real reason socialism will never work and capitalism does.

One of my dangerous realizations from Charlie Kirk's assassination is that assassinations work The left mocks the "great man" theory but it is basically true. If you kill a uniquely powerful or effective person, you can decapitate a movement Ken wants his opponents decapitated. He is eager for someone to "misunderstand" his words and take inspiration from his desires and shed blood. There isn't really a good solution to this outside of stripping him of his license to practice law for this encouragement of murder. But most of his colleagues agree with him because every institution is hopelessly corrupt.

Pretty crazy that Elon is only worth $1T That’s only like 1 year worth of the annual fraud he found in the US government

American is such a land of opportunity that: 1. Elon could come here with nothing and build companies that improve the lives of hundreds of millions of people. And 2. Elizabeth could be in the U.S. Senate with a kindergarten level of understanding of the real world.

. . . like bring home stranded astronauts?

LinkedIn is going to be *pissed* when they find out about Fable next week

First, I think, “Surely they’re not so stupid to think Elon Musk has a trillion dollars just sitting in a bank account. Surely they know it’s scattered over stocks, shares, holdings, equity?” Then I think, “Yes, they are that stupid.”

I agree, it's kind of insane the government hasn't done this yet with its $7 trillion budget.

.@LorenaSGonzalez blocked me but I’ve retained the tweet that cost this amazing state hundreds of billions of dollars. Including pension jobs and distributions which she claims to care about. Is there a point where you admit fault, which would actually make me respect you more?

When politicians say they want to seize/tax "wealth" but actually mean "shares in your own company that you yourself founded", the real point is making it impossible for anyone to actually control their own company for more than a decade. They won't let you stay, either.