Ten years ago, Elon Musk and Jack Ma both looked like avatars of the future.
Musk was building electric cars, rockets, satellites, and AI. Jack Ma was building Alibaba, the crown jewel of China’s internet economy.
Fast forward a decade: Musk is worth $1.1 trillion.
Jack Ma was forced into silence, Ant Group’s IPO was crushed, Alibaba lost its aura(its stock plunged by more than 60% since 2020), and China’s tech sector went from world-beating to politically domesticated.
One entrepreneur was allowed to compound.
The other was reminded who really owns the scoreboard.
This is not just a story about two billionaires.
It is a story about two systems. One system lets madmen build rockets to Mars.
The other cuts down its most successful entrepreneur for flying too close to the sun.
That is why Musk became the world’s first trillionaire.
And Jack Ma became a warning label.
local bars around the arena taking a hit, eliminating the community aspect of the game, causing chaos in the busiest train station in the world a day after a knife attack there, excellent job to everyone involved truly
Adriano Espaillat thought a man who sexually harassed 13women was better for NYC than Zohran Mamdani. He got scared and approached Zohran after Mamdani won Espaillat's district by 19 points
The much more obvious egregious writing choice is Ali suddenly giving up his faith and the identity we’ve known him as to become Martin McQueen the Murder Machine
rue was murdered. she didn't take a bunch of pills & OD. she took one perc for her pain after being dragged by a fucking horse. everyone talking about it's realistic as if she downed a bunch of pills but she didn't. ali knew this which is why he tested the pills.
@cosmoksmom@gianweb10@code_mom_@Jani__Gee This remains not the point. It is not about quality or sufficiency. It is about the definition of all inclusive, which a set number of meals and drinks is, by definition, not.
Jessica Tisch and the NYPD are intentionally doing things to make Zohran look like a weak and powerless fool. Dinkins lost in major part because of the police, Zohran can easily follow in his footsteps. You want to play these people’s game you better be a fucking boss or they will eat you alive.
Zohran was always going to run into a conflict with the NYPD. He needs to stand up right now and put them in their place or they’re going to walk all over him for the next 3.5 years.