Alex Peiffer

Putting America back on track @intramotev. veteran. Mostly here for Simpsons clips.

[Alex Peiffer @alexpeif]

Noticing the same thing on the distasteful part of the movement. I was at an event where some El Segundo-based founders were openly mocking Reindustrialize and complaining about having to go to Detroit, but it being necessary since it’s a hot trend. Some only see a path to a payday.

[Alex Peiffer @alexpeif]

@intramotev 🤝 @USArmy

[FOX2now @FOX2now]

St. Louis shines as global logistics leader at FreightWeekSTL https://t.co/Ew1L2mWQtg

[Trains Magazine @TrainsMagazine]

Intramotev reaches deal with Austria’s ÖBB for first foreign use of its autonomous railcars https://t.co/eDgjrQJa2s

[Brivael Le Pogam @brivael]

Hello Julia, sans aucune ironie, c'est top que tu prennes le temps de te renseigner. Mais le problème quand on lit Marx aujourd'hui, c'est qu'on prend pour acquis sa prémisse de départ, alors qu'elle a été démontée scientifiquement il y a plus de 150 ans.

Toute la pensée de Marx repose sur la théorie de la valeur-travail. L'idée que la valeur d'un bien vient de la quantité de travail nécessaire pour le produire. Si tu acceptes cette prémisse, alors oui, tout son raisonnement tient. Le capitaliste "vole" la plus-value du travailleur, l'exploitation est mathématique, la révolution est inévitable.

Sauf qu'en 1871, trois économistes (Menger en Autriche, Jevons en Angleterre, Walras en Suisse) découvrent indépendamment la même chose : la valeur n'est pas objective, elle est subjective et marginale.

Un verre d'eau dans le désert vaut une fortune. Le même verre à côté d'une rivière ne vaut rien. Le travail incorporé est identique. Donc le travail ne détermine pas la valeur. C'est le consommateur qui valorise un bien selon son utilité marginale dans un contexte donné.

Exemple concret : tu peux passer 1000 heures à tricoter un pull moche que personne ne veut. Selon Marx, ce pull a énormément de valeur (beaucoup de travail incorporé). Selon la réalité, il ne vaut rien. Parce que personne n'en veut.

À l'inverse, Bernard Arnault crée des milliards de valeur non pas parce qu'il "exploite" mais parce qu'il a su anticiper et organiser des désirs humains à grande échelle. La valeur est créée par la coordination, pas extraite par le vol.

Cette découverte (la révolution marginaliste) a invalidé tout l'édifice marxiste. Pas pour des raisons idéologiques, pour des raisons scientifiques. C'est pour ça que plus aucun département d'économie sérieux au monde n'enseigne Marx comme un cadre d'analyse valide. On l'enseigne en histoire de la pensée.

Maintenant, le truc important. Si ton intention en lisant Marx c'est d'aider les pauvres (c'est une intention noble), alors tu vas être surprise par ce qui suit.

Regarde les chiffres de la Banque mondiale. En 1820, 90% de l'humanité vivait dans l'extrême pauvreté. Aujourd'hui, moins de 9%. Cette chute historique ne s'est PAS produite dans les pays qui ont appliqué Marx. Elle s'est produite dans les pays qui ont libéralisé leur économie.

Chine post-1978, Vietnam post-1986, Inde post-1991, Pologne post-1989. À chaque fois qu'un pays libéralise, des centaines de millions de gens sortent de la pauvreté en une génération. À chaque fois qu'un pays applique Marx (URSS, Cambodge, Corée du Nord, Venezuela), c'est la famine et les goulags.

Ce n'est pas une opinion, c'est l'expérience la plus massive jamais menée en sciences sociales. Plusieurs milliards de cobayes humains, sur un siècle.

Donc paradoxalement, si tu aimes vraiment les pauvres, la position la plus cohérente n'est pas d'être marxiste. C'est d'être pour la liberté économique. Parce que c'est empiriquement la seule chose qui a jamais sorti massivement les gens de la misère.

Pour creuser, je te recommande trois lectures qui vont changer ta vision :

"La Loi" de Frédéric Bastiat (court, lumineux, gratuit en ligne)
"La Route de la Servitude" de Hayek
"Économie en une leçon" de Henry Hazlitt
Bonne lecture, et vraiment chapeau de chercher à comprendre plutôt que de rester dans tes certitudes. C'est rare.

[Atoms Not Bits @AtomsNotBits]

Daily Hard Tech Headlines:

- Keppel, a Singapore-based alternative real estate firm, has begun building a floating data center set to go operational in 2028, featuring seawater cooling and a hyperscale commitment.

- @intramotev, the autonomous rail company, has secured a deal with Austria’s national railway to deploy its TugVolt railcars.

- SteelRock Technologies, a London-based EW startup, has secured a $9.5M deal with the United States Marine Corps focused on delivering portable radio frequency jammers for drone warfare.

- @WHOOP, the wearable startup, has secured a contract with the US Navy focused on supporting the Navy’s Command Readiness, Endurance, and Watchstanding (CREW) program.

- The US Navy successfully refueled a medium USV at sea during a recent exercise prior to carrier strike group deployment.

- MythosAI, a West Palm Beach startup, has signed an MOU with the American arm of @BirdonGroup, a global maritime engineering and services firm. The MOU focuses on integrating Mythos’ autonomy stack into medium USVs under development for the maritime defense end market.

- @iperionx has ramped its Virginia facility to 24/7 operations, marking the shift to continuous production of titanium powder and parts from scrap and minerals.

- UAE is investing $9B to build a new metro line in Dubai, which will be the largest transport project ever undertaken in the city.

- Democratic Republic of the Congo is deploying $100M, with backing from the United States and United Arab Emirates, to develop a 20,000-person security force to protect critical mining operations.

- @RainmakerCorp, the El Segundo-based cloud seeding startup, has announced the production of over 143 million gallons of human-generated precipitation.

- @with_hedges secured a $2.7M pre-seed round led by Wonder Ventures. The Venice startup enables commodity hedging for small businesses in critical industries.

- AIRCAT VESSELS, a French maritime firm, has announced a new surface effect ship for the offshore energy industry, capable of carrying 54 people at twice the speed of industry norms.

- @jobyaviation has successfully completed the “first-ever point-to-point electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi demonstration flights” in New York City.

- Sikorsky, in partnership with Robinson, has secured a $15.5M U.S. Marine Corps contract to deliver an autonomous aerial logistics platform for contested resupply.

- Pyka, the heavy-lift drone company, has completed a successful first flight of its new heavy-lift autonomous Group 3 aircraft for contested logistics and multi-mission operations.

[Alex Peiffer @alexpeif]

https://t.co/g98H8wmhkP

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[Intramotev @intramotev]

We're proud to announce a commercial agreement with ÖBB Rail Cargo Group, Austria's national railway. TugVolt railcars will operate in Austria in a regulated environment for the first time.

Rail Cargo Group moves over 70 billion net tonnes of cargo annually across 18 countries. When it comes to partners, they have many options. We're honored that they chose Intramotev to advance their mission to be the logistical backbone of the European economy.

[Grits n Football @goodbreffis]

God I love the Beavis and Butthead skit from SNL

[Alex Peiffer @alexpeif]

@ammalusty The ducks crave order and stability

[STL Aviation News @AviationStl]

For the first time in a long time, two flights from Europe are in the air and on their way to @flystl!

Big day for the city and I am thankful for everyone that made it happen.

[Alex Peiffer @alexpeif]

@HellbenderSTL So Cincinnati?

[Mike Solana @micsolana]

the purpose of the government grocery store is not to efficiently provide food, but to pay millions of dollars to far left voters while selling at a loss until market operations fail. then, “we need more government groceries!” again and again until we’re a third world country

[Alex Peiffer @alexpeif]

Get freight off roads and on to rails.

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

60 Minutes investigates how some trucking fleets are racking up safety violations and shifting from one company to another to evade federal enforcement and erase a bad safety record.

Known as “chameleon carriers,” these companies are four times more likely to be involved in a severe crash, according to the risk assessment firm Fusable. https://t.co/ulPOvkn7j3

[Alex Peiffer @alexpeif]

@NicolasGoehler @zanehengsperger Sup @intramotev

[Zane Hengsperger @zanehengsperger]

keep building that manufacturing startup

the VCs might be far from the factories...

but ...

reliance steel. billing clerk from fresno. $17B.

john deere. blacksmith's apprentice. $163B.

carnegie steel. child immigrant. bobbin boy in a cotton mill. built the largest steel company on earth.

boeing. lumber merchant. $171B.

waymo. german professor. $126B.

ford. farm kid from dearborn. $46B.

kaiser aluminum. school dropout at 13. $2B.

nucor. guy who took over a bankrupt company nobody else wanted. $42B.

caterpillar. sawmill worker from new hampshire. $171B.

alcoa. college kid experimenting in a woodshed. $19B.

anduril. a guy who made VR goggles in his parents' garage. $84B.

spacex. a guy who sold software. built rockets.

the "right background" never existed, they built it

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

SHANE LOWRY HOLE IN ONE AT THE MASTERS

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨#BREAKING: For the first time, the ROTC students at Old Dominion University, who BEAT THE TERR*RIST TO DEATH WITHOUT GUNS are now telling their stories.

"He sho*ts a stray, it hits me, but I thought I could keep going... I get there and just start st*bbing him, as I'm st*bbing him, other cadets jump in and we all were in a pile just holding him down."

ABSOLUTE HEROES!!!!!!

[Simpsons Daily Glavins 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @simpsons_DG]

"Hey, isn't that Homer on the Japanese Channel?"

"If that's Homer, then who the hell's been puttin' beers on his tab?"