Michael Shellenberger
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But I'm always like, wow, Elon is he's the richest man in the world. He's probably he may be the greatest innovator in American history, certainly top three. And he's still out there having to hawk his products, and he does it great. He's an amazing job of it. Like, one of the innovations was, you know, he just become the biggest user of Twitter rather than buying paid ads.
But I'm always like, wow, Elon is he's the richest man in the world. He's probably he may be the greatest innovator in American history, certainly top three. And he's still out there having to hawk his products, and he does it great. He's an amazing job of it. Like, one of the innovations was, you know, he just become the biggest user of Twitter rather than buying paid ads.
But I'm always like, wow, Elon is he's the richest man in the world. He's probably he may be the greatest innovator in American history, certainly top three. And he's still out there having to hawk his products, and he does it great. He's an amazing job of it. Like, one of the innovations was, you know, he just become the biggest user of Twitter rather than buying paid ads.
But so this gigantic lie from Marx, which is that the – first of all, the entrepreneur, the capitalist is just a meaner version of the worker as opposed to this, you know, this Schumpeterian genius. Yes. And Schumpeter comes along, and then his – the other big lie, and then Schumpeter points it out, is that the owner of the company and the workers have the same fundamental interest.
But so this gigantic lie from Marx, which is that the – first of all, the entrepreneur, the capitalist is just a meaner version of the worker as opposed to this, you know, this Schumpeterian genius. Yes. And Schumpeter comes along, and then his – the other big lie, and then Schumpeter points it out, is that the owner of the company and the workers have the same fundamental interest.
But so this gigantic lie from Marx, which is that the – first of all, the entrepreneur, the capitalist is just a meaner version of the worker as opposed to this, you know, this Schumpeterian genius. Yes. And Schumpeter comes along, and then his – the other big lie, and then Schumpeter points it out, is that the owner of the company and the workers have the same fundamental interest.
In other words, Elon Musk's employees and Elon have the same interest. They want to expand their markets. They want to expand their products. So to put them opposed is just so – it's just so dishonest, and it's so reminiscent of what – You can say feminism or radical feminism, but this idea that the interests of women are opposed by men, that women and men have different interests.
In other words, Elon Musk's employees and Elon have the same interest. They want to expand their markets. They want to expand their products. So to put them opposed is just so – it's just so dishonest, and it's so reminiscent of what – You can say feminism or radical feminism, but this idea that the interests of women are opposed by men, that women and men have different interests.
In other words, Elon Musk's employees and Elon have the same interest. They want to expand their markets. They want to expand their products. So to put them opposed is just so – it's just so dishonest, and it's so reminiscent of what – You can say feminism or radical feminism, but this idea that the interests of women are opposed by men, that women and men have different interests.
And of course, you trace it back, it all goes back to Simone de Beauvoir, who's a Marxist writing in the post-war period. I guess it was like the 40s, her book came out, The Second Sex. But she's just taking this totally idiotic Marxist framework and and applying it to women and men.
And of course, you trace it back, it all goes back to Simone de Beauvoir, who's a Marxist writing in the post-war period. I guess it was like the 40s, her book came out, The Second Sex. But she's just taking this totally idiotic Marxist framework and and applying it to women and men.
And of course, you trace it back, it all goes back to Simone de Beauvoir, who's a Marxist writing in the post-war period. I guess it was like the 40s, her book came out, The Second Sex. But she's just taking this totally idiotic Marxist framework and and applying it to women and men.
It's the basis of life itself. Of course. So it is like really you trace back like the emergence of nihilism. It really is in Marxism. It's in feminism. And then they successfully cross-dress for decades and they get so good at it. This is the famous long march through institutions or what they call cultural Marxism. But they basically dress themselves up as, you know, basically civil rights.
It's the basis of life itself. Of course. So it is like really you trace back like the emergence of nihilism. It really is in Marxism. It's in feminism. And then they successfully cross-dress for decades and they get so good at it. This is the famous long march through institutions or what they call cultural Marxism. But they basically dress themselves up as, you know, basically civil rights.
It's the basis of life itself. Of course. So it is like really you trace back like the emergence of nihilism. It really is in Marxism. It's in feminism. And then they successfully cross-dress for decades and they get so good at it. This is the famous long march through institutions or what they call cultural Marxism. But they basically dress themselves up as, you know, basically civil rights.
I mean, because once you get equal rights, the work is done. Same thing with gays and lesbians. But then the radical left activists then go and grab all those trappings. Because we started the conversation, this may seem like a digression, but it's important, I think, for normies and everybody to understand I mean, it took a long time for me to get it, but it was like, oh, right.
I mean, because once you get equal rights, the work is done. Same thing with gays and lesbians. But then the radical left activists then go and grab all those trappings. Because we started the conversation, this may seem like a digression, but it's important, I think, for normies and everybody to understand I mean, it took a long time for me to get it, but it was like, oh, right.
I mean, because once you get equal rights, the work is done. Same thing with gays and lesbians. But then the radical left activists then go and grab all those trappings. Because we started the conversation, this may seem like a digression, but it's important, I think, for normies and everybody to understand I mean, it took a long time for me to get it, but it was like, oh, right.
Like the people that call themselves environmentalists are actually just radical leftists, slightly different from Marx because they're actually into Malthus, this totally dystopian anti-human view. But the genius of the left is that they are so successful at masking their real agenda behind something else. You know, we just want equality for people of color.
Like the people that call themselves environmentalists are actually just radical leftists, slightly different from Marx because they're actually into Malthus, this totally dystopian anti-human view. But the genius of the left is that they are so successful at masking their real agenda behind something else. You know, we just want equality for people of color.