Brandon Hiemstra

Seller of Macadamia snacks and occasional investor

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@PeterDiamandis @elonmusk @aronpingdsouza !!

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@Camp4 It’s what happens when you take no risk with a nice salary and all capital risk falls on someone else

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The World’s First Trillionaire

I’m shocked by the amount of haters and naysayers. Here are the most common arguments I see, along with clear responses.

1. “It’s trading at 100x revenue — funds and pension holders are holding the bag”

Elon has founded companies for over 30 years, and no one has ever lost a dollar investing with him. He has returned more wealth to investors and funds than any entrepreneur in history. The high valuation exists precisely because of this track record.
He also owns Tesla, The Boring Company and neural link. He can borrow against these assets. It also helps that he’s the second most powerful man in the world. This makes failure extremely unlikely — nearly impossible. Financing, acquiring talent, capital, government contracts, and more all become dramatically easier.
Pension funds take a very long-term view (10+ years). Even if the investment doesn’t 10x, the odds of losing capital are near zero. Even writing off xAI, space x will likely grow enough to deliver strong returns eventually. Will it 10x, in 2 years no. Will it be a safe investment, yes.

2. “How is it fair that there’s a trillionaire?”

Four structural changes have made this possible:
• Capital markets: Financing for top-tier companies has never been easier. Venture funds and banks have bigger war chests than ever, enabling much larger outcomes.

• Technology: The total addressable market for tech products is now nearly the entire global population with internet access — something that was impossible before. Starlink has a TAM of 7 billion people.

• Fame & reach: Social media allows individuals to become globally famous almost instantly. When Elon posts, hundreds of millions see it. Replicating that marketing reach would cost billions of dollars.

• Inflation & scale: At his peak, John D. Rockefeller’s wealth was about 3% of U.S. GDP — which today would equal roughly $1 trillion.

3. “He should use his wealth to help humanity”

There is no better way to help people — especially in poor countries — than creating good-paying jobs and efficiently deploying capital. Elon is arguably the best capital allocator alive.
Evidence:
• Combined market cap of his companies: ~$4 trillion
• Total capital raised across all of them: ~$142 billion
• That’s a ~30x multiple
Compare that to:
• U.S. government tax revenue: $5.26 trillion
• U.S. GDP: $31.82 trillion
• Roughly a 6x multiple
Governments are far less efficient at turning tax dollars into productive economic output.

4. “Why doesn’t Elon help South Africa? He could buy the country three times over”

• He offered free Starlink internet — the government rejected it (because he is white).
• He offered free solar installations and storage — the government said no, because it would hurt Eskom.

Bottom line: Open to genuine debate, but never bet against Elon Musk. He consistently delivers, even if timelines sometimes slip. History shows the haters are always wrong.

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@Evo_Pixel @insomniacgames @insomniacgames please make a sequel

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@bryan_johnson They are a 1+1=4
Very rare. Think they going to go down as a most influential couple in history

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@Dostoevskyquot Anakin skywalker

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@celestialbe1ng You have to go to zakopane. I live in LA. Went to zakopane for a week and now staying a month

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@MarioBojic @grok what are they doing ?

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@DanBilzerian Peter Thiel is not Jewish

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Watched this https://t.co/wGCGFW17n9

@60Minutes you are definition of fake news. Why tell lies about the genocide against white farmers thats its not happening and a country issue? Its appalling.

Here are the statistics. Double to triple the average of the country and it already has the the highest murder rate!! Fake fake news!

Key Figures:
• National murder rate: ~43–45 per 100,000 people (≈27,000–28,000 murders/year).
• Farm murders: 49–63 per year (mostly brutal armed attacks on farms).
• Commercial farmers ( white): Estimated 30,000–40,000 people.
• White Farmers’ murder rate: Roughly 100–150 per 100,000 — about 2–3 times the national average.

Thank god for @realDonaldTrump

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@Jason Macadamia nuts!! Zero water consumption in USA

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@elonmusk He is also gay and identified as left leaning his whole life. Bringing politics into the creative arts

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@elonmusk Thank god for @elonmusk . We need to stop this lunacy

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@ziggyfro @louiseyael What an awesome family

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@maxlugavere Meat on ocean is incredible

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@craigsuperstar @strikescan @WatcherGuru

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@AndrewBedell1 @strikescan @WatcherGuru Mate you simply dont understand liquidity and what banks are willing to do if there are assets backing a position.
Quick grok search. Many options if they didn’t force bankruptcy

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@AndrewBedell1 @strikescan @WatcherGuru

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@AndrewBedell1 @strikescan @WatcherGuru Do you think the actual shareholders would have cared if they were making multiples?
A shared holder vote could have taken place to convert the company to a fund structure .

Or even better get a bank to loan against the stock for those who needed redemptions. Many legal options

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@notburner00 @strikescan @WatcherGuru Do you think the actual shareholders would have cared if they were making multiples?
A shared holder vote could have taken place to convert the company to a fund structure .

Or even better get a bank to loan against the stock for those who needed redemptions. Many legal options