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In the late 1800s, oil tycoon John D Rockefeller invested in railroads and other supporting industries like the Northwest Equipment Co in Minnesota to diversity his wealth beyond oil.

In the 1880s, his fortune was so vast it would be like controlling ~$430 billion today, more influence than any present-day billionaire. He was diversifying well before antitrust scrutiny hit, Rockefeller made sure he’d stay rich even if, and eventually when, Standard Oil was broken up in 1911.

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Long time Elon Investor Ron Baron compared SpaceX’s IPO to the early days of the Dutch East India Company’s (VOC) 21 year shipping monopoly in 1602.

Peak VOC inflation-adjusted valuation, was ~$8.2 trillion. 4–5x larger than SpaceX’s current ~$1.8–2T valuation.

VOC employed 70,000 people globally (nearly 400 years ago).  SpaceX employs roughly 13,000 today.

The VOC created its own military forces, and even initiate wars around the world. 

The VOC at its peak controlled an estimated half of all global maritime trade.

Can $SPCX 10x?

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@Shopify You got me

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Victoria's Secret has changed its stock symbol to "very sexy":

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@baseballot So sad. Sorry

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@harleyf i like the look of it...

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@seempaq It's been a big week

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in 24 hrs, my first tik tok video has over 40k views, 4k likes, 155 comments and 573 bookmarks. this character is basically the monologue in my head that i don't let out in polite society.

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@KettlebellDan Remember modding out the antenna on one of these puppies at the mall?

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"Jaywalking" was propaganda created by big auto, resulting in one of the fastest shifts in public opinion ever recorded.

In 1905, if you stood on a busy American city block, the street was a commons. Vendors worked the middle of the road. Kids chased each other between horse carts. Nobody owned it.

Then came the car, along with lawyers, the lobbyists, and the propaganda.

In 1923, newspapers blamed drivers for pedestrian deaths. By 1924, they were blaming jaywalkers.

The secret weapon was a slur. Calling someone a "jay" in the 1920s meant calling them a hick. Too dumb for city life. Stick it in front of "walker" and you didn't have a victim anymore. You had an idiot who deserved what he got, a Jaywalker.

Historians call it one of the most dramatic shifts in public opinion ever recorded.

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@Shopify Hell yes! Been waiting for this

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“The true administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government.” - George Washington

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