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[Teddy - PolyBackTest.com @Bitcoin_Teddy]

Larry Ellison: You're saying Elon's an idiot. The guy's landing rockets! And who are you?

"Elon doesn't know what he's doing, he'll have to go out for money, I'm really smart, I work for the Wall Street Journal ...

Who are you? This guy's landing rockets. You know, he's landing rockets on robot drone rafts in the ocean. And you're saying he doesn't know what he's doing? You ever land a rocket?

You're telling me he's an idiot. I just want to know who you are so I know, why I should believe you, as opposed to my friend Elon?

And we're out here watching this rocket land, which I think is really cool, and you're there in front of your Apple Macintosh and typing up an article saying, Elon's an idiot."

Oracle Open World, 2018

[Forbes @Forbes]

Gwynne Shotwell joined SpaceX in 2002 as its 11th employee. Today, as president and COO, she oversees operations at the commercial space exploration company.

Shotwell is featured on Forbes Richest #SelfMadeWomen. Read the full list: https://t.co/PilzgZYXQN
Photo: Angel Garcia via Bloomberg

[Jeff Berardelli @WeatherProf]

El Niño is born! Destined to be the biggest in 150 years +??
NOAA declares: El Niño Advisory
This morning conditions in the Eastern Pacific met the criteria for El Niño. This means Sea Surface Temps reached a certain level above normal, and the ocean and atmosphere “coupled” meaning they are now working in tandem to produce impacts. This event is widely advertised by models to be potentially the strongest on record. El Niño takes very hot water stored in the deep tropical west Pacific, pushing it east and up to the surface, lofting that heat into the atmosphere, which supercharges weather events and throws the climate off-kilter. This typical means more intense heatwaves & floods, but also it restrains the Atlantic hurricane season. So its impacts are both good and bad. One thing seems virtually certain: the heat released into the atmosphere will make for some unprecedented events through 2027, and on top of longterm warming, the hottest global temperatures in many tens of 1000s of years. #ElNino #florida #storm #heatwave #flood #drought

[Brickell Finance Guy @IronChestCap]

me with the SpaceX cafeteria lady after she becomes a billionaire from the IPO

[Sacrinos Π 🇰🇪✊🏿 @dnahinga]

Below this concrete and asphalt there is very fertile soil which can support trees.

We just need that one person in the right place.

One day the trees will grow again and offer their shade to both motorists and pedestrians.

That day will come. It must
📝🌳🌱

[𝐓𝐗𝐌𝐂 @TXMCtrades]

Holy shit guys

[James Wakibia @JamesWakibia]

For the sake of billboard visibility, trees cannot thrive. With so many billboards being planted, trees are felled or heavily pruned to keep advertisements visible. The cost of this growing advertising culture is being paid by our urban trees. @KeNHAKenya

[Nick Matau @nick_matau]

When she thought I didn't know about the conflict, she tried to rewrite history! This is what they're doing to all people and why they're winning the narrative! They take advantage of people to tell them what to believe!

[Kompagno per lo schiavismo @haivistolasta]

Riassunto perfetto del mentecattismo autorazzista dei comunisti (infami).

Loro non sono laici. Non sono antifascisti. Non sono anticapitalisti.

Loro semplicemente odiano l'occidente, le tradizioni, la cultura, le religioni. Qualsiasi cosa sia contro, ci si alleano. Cani.

[dan linnaeus @DanLinnaeus]

Worth noting that Mehdi Hasan’s recent hate binge and rhetorical escalation are also a sign that his cause is losing its sway over the Western public and a bid for in-group cohesion. He’s had to attack Seinfeld, John Cleese, Bari Weiss, and Mark Dubowitz in the span of the last 24 hours alone to do damage control within his cohorts, which are losing steam and legitimacy. It’s incendiary and not to be taken lightly, but the doubling down seems to stem from realizing his narratives are unwinding and need defending.

[Payne @Nailot4]

@NoBakeJustTake @Geiger_Capital You think he has that money stacked in his house or bank?

[Payne @Nailot4]

The entire discourse is people of middle east arguing on which country has the most slavers, instead of condemning slavery. I feel pity for Africans going there to work.

[qewirze 🇳🇱🇵🇹🇸🇳 @qewirze]

gulfies are the most subhuman people in the world

[Payne @Nailot4]

The number of people who don't know what net worth means is crazy and especially when tied to company shares.

[Payne @Nailot4]

His workers, who bought shares in previous years have also become millionaires.🤷

[Kim Siever @kim_siever]

Remember, @elonmusk became a trillionaire on the backs of thousands of workers, whose labour has created the value of the companies he owns.

[Payne @Nailot4]

@B0V1CE Then why should he be mad at musk for creating wealth through his companies?

[Payne @Nailot4]

@FerrazzanoJay @WarFrontIntel The idea is why is mamdani mad at musk for being wealthy while he is also wealthier than a large percentage of people and doesn't practice what he preaches.

[Patrick Carroll @PatrickC1995]

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

[Payne @Nailot4]

😂😂

[Munkieeeeeeee @MueraNyathi]

Why are we catching strays 😭😭😭 we're literally minding our own business

[greg @greg16676935420]

My whole timeline is full of millionaires complaining about a trillionaire

[Brivael Le Pogam @brivael]

Je vais partir du principe que tu es de bonne foi, parce que ton raisonnement est intuitif et que 90% des gens le partagent. Mais il repose sur trois erreurs factuelles, et ça vaut le coup de les regarder calmement.

Erreur 1 : la fortune d'Elon n'est pas un tas d'argent. C'est de la propriété d'usines, de fusées et de satellites. "Prendre la moitié de sa tune", concrètement, ça veut dire forcer la vente de la moitié de SpaceX et Tesla. L'argent ne sort pas d'un coffre, il sort des entreprises elles-mêmes, qui passent sous contrôle de fonds étrangers ou d'États. Tu ne redistribues pas du cash, tu démantèles un outil de production. C'est la différence entre récolter des pommes et découper le pommier.

Erreur 2 : "ça résout énormément de problèmes dans le monde". Cette expérience a déjà été tentée, en vrai. En 2021, le directeur du Programme Alimentaire Mondial de l'ONU a affirmé que 6 milliards de Musk pouvaient "résoudre la faim dans le monde". Réponse d'Elon : décrivez-moi exactement comment, comptabilité publique à l'appui, et je vends mes actions Tesla immédiatement. Le PAM a publié son plan. Verdict : ce n'était pas "résoudre la faim", c'était nourrir 42 millions de personnes pendant un an. Un an. Puis il faut re-payer, pour toujours. Le PAM avait d'ailleurs levé 8,4 milliards l'année précédente, et la faim était toujours là. Les ONG traitent les symptômes en boucle, jamais les causes, parce que leur financement dépend de l'existence du problème.

Erreur 3, la plus importante : tu cherches ce qui sort vraiment les gens de la pauvreté. Bonne nouvelle, on a la réponse, et elle est massive. En 1990, 36% de l'humanité vivait dans l'extrême pauvreté. Aujourd'hui, moins de 9%. Plus d'un milliard de personnes sorties de la misère en 30 ans. Par quoi ? Pas par la charité ni par l'aide internationale (plus de 1 000 milliards versés à l'Afrique en 60 ans pour un résultat à peu près nul). Par l'ouverture des marchés, l'industrialisation, le commerce. La Chine seule a sorti 800 millions de personnes de la pauvreté en abandonnant le collectivisme, pas en taxant ses entrepreneurs.

Donc fais le calcul complet. Option A : tu confisques 500 milliards, tu finances quelques années de programmes, l'argent est consommé, et tu as détruit la machine qui produisait les fusées, les voitures électriques et l'internet des zones rurales. Option B : tu laisses le meilleur allocateur de capital de sa génération réinvestir 100% de sa fortune dans des industries qui baissent les coûts pour tout le monde et emploient des centaines de milliers de personnes. L'option A soulage ta morale pendant 18 mois. L'option B sort des populations entières de la pauvreté pour toujours.

La pauvreté ne se redistribue pas. Elle se résout par la création. C'est contre-intuitif, c'est frustrant, mais c'est ce que disent 200 ans de données.