Tom Nichols
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I mean, I don't know the man, but I don't think it matters to him very much anymore if Tesla tanks or, you know, SpaceX doesn't work.
I mean, I don't know the man, but I don't think it matters to him very much anymore if Tesla tanks or, you know, SpaceX doesn't work.
I guess I guess he could and he could say, fine, you know, I quit. I'm still there. I mean, all of this could go away. And it's still like Jeff Bezos. You know, everything could go wrong at The Washington Post. That's a rounding error in his pocket at this point. You know, all of these guys are fantastically wealthy.
I guess I guess he could and he could say, fine, you know, I quit. I'm still there. I mean, all of this could go away. And it's still like Jeff Bezos. You know, everything could go wrong at The Washington Post. That's a rounding error in his pocket at this point. You know, all of these guys are fantastically wealthy.
I guess I guess he could and he could say, fine, you know, I quit. I'm still there. I mean, all of this could go away. And it's still like Jeff Bezos. You know, everything could go wrong at The Washington Post. That's a rounding error in his pocket at this point. You know, all of these guys are fantastically wealthy.
I'm telling you, they've to quote our friend Bill Kristol, you know, this level of wealth is starting to bring out my inner socialist side.
I'm telling you, they've to quote our friend Bill Kristol, you know, this level of wealth is starting to bring out my inner socialist side.
I'm telling you, they've to quote our friend Bill Kristol, you know, this level of wealth is starting to bring out my inner socialist side.
We're going to have to go check the quote. But this is an object lesson in what happens when you are so fantastically wealthy beyond any comprehension in a normal capitalist economy that you become ungovernable. You say, do whatever you want. I don't care. I'll go buy an island. I'll be Mark Zuckerberg. I'll build a bunker. somewhere.
We're going to have to go check the quote. But this is an object lesson in what happens when you are so fantastically wealthy beyond any comprehension in a normal capitalist economy that you become ungovernable. You say, do whatever you want. I don't care. I'll go buy an island. I'll be Mark Zuckerberg. I'll build a bunker. somewhere.
We're going to have to go check the quote. But this is an object lesson in what happens when you are so fantastically wealthy beyond any comprehension in a normal capitalist economy that you become ungovernable. You say, do whatever you want. I don't care. I'll go buy an island. I'll be Mark Zuckerberg. I'll build a bunker. somewhere.
I don't know how you reason with folks like that other than to, again, take legal and legislative steps to basically curtail their power and say, no, the government is not your actual. I've been thinking about this. I'm going to totally jump tracks. I'm thinking about this because I've been watching a show called Paradise. Have All right, I won't ruin it for you.
I don't know how you reason with folks like that other than to, again, take legal and legislative steps to basically curtail their power and say, no, the government is not your actual. I've been thinking about this. I'm going to totally jump tracks. I'm thinking about this because I've been watching a show called Paradise. Have All right, I won't ruin it for you.
I don't know how you reason with folks like that other than to, again, take legal and legislative steps to basically curtail their power and say, no, the government is not your actual. I've been thinking about this. I'm going to totally jump tracks. I'm thinking about this because I've been watching a show called Paradise. Have All right, I won't ruin it for you.
It's what happens when multi-gazillionaires go completely nuts, and it's a fantastic series. So if anybody out there hasn't watched it yet, the first season is now over.
It's what happens when multi-gazillionaires go completely nuts, and it's a fantastic series. So if anybody out there hasn't watched it yet, the first season is now over.
It's what happens when multi-gazillionaires go completely nuts, and it's a fantastic series. So if anybody out there hasn't watched it yet, the first season is now over.
It depends on what you mean by suffer. Financially, no. I think what Musk and the others really fear more than anything is ridicule. You know, like that's why they're in this game.
It depends on what you mean by suffer. Financially, no. I think what Musk and the others really fear more than anything is ridicule. You know, like that's why they're in this game.
It depends on what you mean by suffer. Financially, no. I think what Musk and the others really fear more than anything is ridicule. You know, like that's why they're in this game.