They keep confusing capitalism with government. Mutual trade doesn't create poverty. Political favoritism, inflation, regulations, and barriers to production do. Then they blame capitalism for the consequences of statism.
Charity exists because misfortune exists, not because capitalism creates it. Capitalism is what creates the wealth that makes charity or redistribution possible in the first place.
My husband and I are honored and thrilled to participate in the Invest America program and gift a share of our SpaceX stock to a Trump Account for each of more than two million children across our great nation.
Every American child under 18 can benefit from having a Trump Account, but our gift specifically goes to the Accounts of children (ages 11-17) that live in areas with lower average household incomes with a bit more emphasis for those that live near our central Texas home.
We have been fortunate in our careers and hope this gift encourages the next generation to continue the journey of enabling humanity to live and fly amongst the stars.
A huge thanks to all that worked to bring this incredible program to life.
Dear America,
Starting today, on the 250th birthday of our country, millions of children will now benefit from a new & powerful American birthright - a privately owned investment account from birth. Every child a shareholder in the great American economy!
American capitalism
2014 clip shows how much Elon Musk appreciates taxpayers.
Host: Taxpayers essentially loaned you, Tesla, almost 500 million dollars. How much of that do you still owe?
Elon Musk: We paid the whole loan back with interest and a prepayment penalty last year.
Host: Did you have to do that? It wasn’t due, was it?
Elon Musk: I know it was not due for another ten years or something.
Host: Why did you pay it off early?
Elon Musk: The taxpayers supported Tesla. We ought to repay them as soon as we can. And since we had the ability to do it and the stock markets were good, we thought, “Well, let’s pay it back with interest and a thank you note, by the way,” which said, you know, “I really, really appreciate it. Thank you.”
Jason and Chamath agree: Assimilation is essential for a functioning immigration system.
@chamath “Western countries are losing their cultural representation that makes them unique… that’s very bad.
You can look at the UK, Germany, and France — has the cultural deviation been better or worse? In general, it’s been worse.
People should come here to be part of the American ideal… not build their own version of their previous country.”
Rational policy with compassion, but assimilation first.
Are they wrong?
Fire hydrant signs with @Starlink antennas tested for emergency Wi-Fi in disaster-prone Japan.
Japan has 120,000 fire hydrant signs nationwide. This trial took place near Tokyo. tomshardware.com/networking/fir…
Palantir CTO @ssankar on AI layoffs:
“We’re listening too much to the inventors of AI.”
“I know that’s appealing. They’re geniuses.”
“We need to be listening to the frontline factory workers using AI saying, ‘Wow, I was able to add a third shift. I was able to hire more workers.’”
“Or the ICU nurse who says, ‘I was able to spend more time with my patients and ensure they don’t code during a shift change now.’”
Via @FoxNews
Palantir CEO Alex Karp on how tech leaders talk about trust and AI-fueled job loss to the public:
“It's a cluster fuck.”
“Could it be worse?”
“It's like, ‘We're going to take your job. We're not going to give you anything. We're going to get very wealthy. We don't talk in a
"Richard Symons, the owner of a U.K.-based used-car sales company that specializes in EVs, has found that the batteries that power these cars (Teslas) continue to perform well even after several hundred thousand miles.
“They are proving themselves to be exceptionally reliable."
Mamdani says he saved NYC’s budget by taxing the rich & socialism.
In reality, ~5% came from taxing the rich.
~53% mostly by taking money from people who don’t live in NYC & future taxpayers.
~35% from…Wall Street
Capitalists create success, socialists claim it as their own.
No, Gavin Newsom - rich people are not the problem and the government does not need more money.
Focus on the government spending money better, and getting money out of politics - not class warfare.
If your takeaway from history is to keep old wars alive forever, you're learning the opposite lesson from the Japanese. They chose reconciliation and prosperity over permanent grievance.
The story isn't "America nuked Japan." The story is that two former enemies built one of the strongest alliances in modern history. That's a far more interesting lesson than outrage 81 years later.
This post is almost HALF A DECADE old.
Elon: “You’re drowning, grab my hand”
Them: “No”.
You do not understand how inept large legacy auto companies are.
When given the choice to live, they chose death.
When the bankruptcies happen, remember this post from early 2022.
Cathie Wood just explained why the establishment will never stop coming for Elon Musk.
And the reason is worse than they think.
Wood: “Tesla was an environmental move, which I think a lot of people attacking his cars… they’ve forgotten.”
They didn’t forget. You don’t forget thirty years of marching and petitioning and begging for the machine that saves the planet.
Someone built it. Forced every automaker on Earth to follow.
Then they turned on him the moment he delivered exactly what they asked for.
Not because he failed them. Because he made them unnecessary.
A solved problem is an existential threat to every institution built to solve it. Kills the funding. Kills the committee. Kills every career that exists to manage the crisis rather than end it.
Wood: “I think he’s the Thomas Edison of our age… he wants to do the right thing to transform the lot of most of humanity.”
Edison was hated too. By the people who sold candles. Every revolution looks like an attack to the people it makes obsolete.
Wood: “What we learn about material science and technologies… is going to help us here on Earth as well.”
SpaceX is not an escape. It is a forge. Build under the most brutal conditions in the solar system and every breakthrough comes home.
Most people at his level stop building and start protecting what they have.
Musk picks the hardest unsolved problem on Earth and runs straight at it.
That is not what terrifies them. What terrifies them is he does it without their funding, without their approval, without a single thing they can hold over his head.
A man you cannot buy is a man you cannot control. And a man you cannot control who keeps solving the problems you profit from is the most dangerous human alive.
They will spend their careers trying to tear him down.
Their grandchildren will live in the world he built anyway.
🇺🇸 Using Starlink, American Kelsey Pfendler Broke 4 Records Rowing Solo from California to Hawaii 🇺🇸
On America’s 250th birthday, Kelsey Pfendler, an American woman and Grand Canyon raft guide, turned an audacious dream into history.
During training, she was already doing “homework for my Starlink,” preparing the American-made satellite internet system that would keep her connected while rowing 2,400 miles solo and unsupported from Monterey, California to Oahu, Hawaii.
On May 21, 2026, she launched alone in her 24-foot boat Lily.
Forty-three days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes later (in the early hours of July 4, 2026) she crossed the finish line and shattered four major records:
• Fastest solo row from California to Hawaii (overall)
• Fastest woman ever
• First American woman to complete the Mid-Pacific solo crossing
• Youngest person ever to achieve the feat
Starlink made it possible.
As Elon Musk has said,
“Starlink is designed to provide high-speed internet to places where it’s either impossible or extremely expensive to do so with traditional methods.”
The high-speed satellite connection turned her small boat into a connected command center.
It allowed real-time WhatsApp interviews, daily video updates posted straight from the Pacific, coordination with her shore team, and a constant lifeline that kept millions following her journey.
Without it, the world would have waited in silence until she landed.
Her achievement landed on the perfect day.
As America celebrated 250 years of independence and innovation, one of its own used American technology to push the boundaries of human endurance.
Along the way, she raised more than $30,000 for the Whale Foundation, supporting mental and physical health resources for river guides.
Kelsey Pfendler proved that American grit, paired with American innovation, can still conquer the impossible!
Happy 250th, America. 🌊🚣♀️🇺🇸
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