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3 days ago

The video reminded me of a joke we used to whisper to one another back then at home. Comrade Lenin was driving to Washington when his car broke down. Someone suggested taking it to a repair shop. “Absolutely not,” said Comrade Lenin. “We will not rely on the services of these bourgeois capitalists! The proletariat will push the car!” So the proletariat arrived, full of enthusiasm, and began pushing Comrade Lenin’s car. They pushed and pushed, but the engine would not start. Eventually, they gave up and abandoned the effort. At last, Comrade Lenin had no choice but to allow the car to be taken to one of those evil capitalist repair shops. The mechanics fixed it immediately. “It’s ready,” they told him. “You can continue your journey to Washington.” “What was wrong with it?” Lenin asked. “Was it missing any parts or equipment?” “No,” replied the American mechanic. “It had every part it needed. The problem was that none of them were in the right place.” “I see,” said Lenin. “But was there any part that impressed you? Anything that worked better than the others?” “As a matter of fact, yes,” said the American mechanic. “One part impressed me enormously. All the other parts were ordinary, but this one was extraordinarily efficient. I even made a note of it. I don’t know how you managed to make it so perfect. Even when the car itself wasn’t working, that part worked flawlessly.” “Really?” Lenin asked with great interest. “Which part was that?” “The horn,” replied the American mechanic. So, comrades, for those too young to remember that era — or who never experienced it — this video, and all the noise about “taking Elon’s money” and redistributing the wealth of successful people, shows the same old story. Under communism, we had a perfect horn: loud propaganda, slogans, and endless talk about equality. But the car never moved. Today we see what happens when the parts are put in the right place: people create real companies, real innovation, and real value that actually moves society forward. The difference between pushing the car with slogans and driving it with results is still the same.

jay plemons

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4 days ago

David Sacks just delivered an economics masterclass on Elon becoming the world’s first trillionaire. @davidsacks: “People see the headline and imagine Elon suddenly has a trillion dollars in the bank. That’s not how it works. His balance sheet didn’t change overnight.” Why? The real point is deeper. Wealth isn’t in the “stuff” we consume. Food, shelter, clothes. Things that depreciate and disappear. It’s in the machines that create stuff for decades: tools, workflows, and corporations. These are the true engines of human progress. “If you create a machine that makes more stuff, then there’s a discounted present value for all the stuff in the future that machine might create. That’s where the wealth comes from.” Elon started with nothing. An immigrant who slept on the floor building Zip2. He created these machines from vision and relentless effort. Thousands joined him, including a SpaceX welder who turned his labor into a million dollars in stock. That’s the magic of tech and free markets: labor can become capital. It’s fluid. The outrage misses this entirely. The people building machines that deliver medicines, energy, and abundance are creating lasting prosperity for everyone. What do you think? Does viewing wealth as future productivity change how you see stories like this?

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