elon could solve world hunger literally this second
all he has to do is full stack dump all his shares, cause a stock market recession, wipe out trillions, delete tens of thousands of jobs, and then he'll be able to fund the federal government for about 18 minutes
We need to stop acting like gamers and nerds weren’t seen as the bottom of the societal totem pole forever by women just because it might be more popular now
Gaming is and always will be a male dominated thing. There’s nothing wrong with that
Reminder: Ellen Page railed against former VP Pence for believing in gay conversation therapy but shortly after she went through conversion therapy & surgeries, believing she is a heterosexual man. She & the liberal media promote that conversion therapy.
Anyone dumb enough to think Musk just has a trillion dollars lying around in cash, and that the point is to “spend it” all, should not be allowed to comment on politics or economics ever again.
Private sector jobs at companies like Tesla or SpaceX arise when businesses create products people voluntarily buy. Profits and rising company value (via stock options) let employees—from engineers to support staff—build real wealth, as SpaceX's recent IPO showed by creating ~4,400 new millionaires.
Biden's IRA, CHIPS Act, and ARP used taxpayer funds, subsidies, and tax credits to steer investment toward favored sectors. This can spark project announcements and some jobs, but relies on political choices and public money rather than proven customer demand. Many figures are projections; effects can include shifting resources from elsewhere in the economy.
One generates sustainable new value through innovation and voluntary exchange. The other reallocates existing resources by government directive.