Without Russia we would not have won WWll. I have no idea what the Ukraine did.

In recent years, Peter Thiel has repeatedly, and convincingly, advanced the argument that, contrary to popular belief, we live in a period of technological stagnation. Since the 1970s, he argues, innovation in almost all areas of human endeavor has ground to a halt. The fact that the world of bits was a notable exception had blinded us to just how little progress had been made in other domains. The post-WWII generations dreamed of a future filled with flying cars and humanity colonizing other planets, visions immortalized in science fiction. These dreams never materialized, though, and at some point, it seemed they never would, at least not in the foreseeable future. Until one man decided to commit his fortune and ambition to reviving those dreams and turning them into reality. And the rest is history. How exhilarating it is to live through the end of the Great Stagnation, and how humbling it is for us all to stand on the shoulders of this giant as he blazes the trail toward a different kind of future. e/acc, sir. 🫡

Elon is the most important person in US history Single-handedly saving the empire from ruin

This could never happen in a communist society, or in the regulations and tax obsessed EU. This is Total American Capitalist Victory.

Bill Gates being the undisputed richest guy in the world and spending all his money on mosquito nets, versus Musk building starships and doing stuff like this pretty well sums up where we were in the first part of the century v. now. Whitepill.

While Carney is talking about heat pumps and his followers are losing their minds over him, the future is being unveiled in the USA. I’m betting a lot of Canadians want to be part of the future and not part of the new India tax/slave colony of yesteryear.

Canada, I’m warning you now. When Carney signs that associate member deal with the EU, here’s what happens next, step by step. First, Trump doesn’t wait. He doesn’t send a diplomat. He doesn’t call a summit. He just acts. Energy gets hit first because that’s where Canada hurts most. Oil and gas flowing south slows down or stops. Not because Trump hates Canada, but because it’s the fastest way to make the point that choosing Europe has a price. Then it spreads. Autos, steel, aluminum, lumber, potash, beef. Every sector that depends on the American markte feels it within weeks, not years. The Canadian dollar drops. Interest rates climb. Provinces start cutting services because the money isn’t coming in like it used to. Europe won’t save us. They’ll issue statements. They’ll hold meetings. They’ll say they’re standing with Canada. But they can’t buy what we sell, they can’t ship it across the ocean at the same cost, and they can’t protect us if it turns into something worse than a trade fight. An associate membership gives them influence over our rules without giving us anything that actually replaces what we’re losing. And here’s the part that should scare you most. This isn’t about one election or one prime minister. It’s about whether Canada stays a country that controls its own future or become a place where outside powers decide what we can and can’t do. The Monroe Doctrine was written 200 hundred years ago to keep Europe out. Trump is using it now to keep everyone out, including us if we don’t play along. You can call it fearmongering. You can call it politics. But the math doesn’t care what you call it. Three out of four things we sell go south. No deal with Brussels changes that. Not now, not in five years, not in twenty. So before you cheer for this and lift your elbows higher ask the people selling it one simple question. What exactly replaces the American market? Because if they can’t answer that, they’re not leading. They’re just hoping you won’t notice. We seem to be on a suicide mission and signing that Associate Membership with the EU is just tightening the noose! This isn’t a game!

Doesn’t *sound* like them…

That's why his story is a classic tragedy.