If the richest man in the world behaves as if he believes he’s a character in Atlas Shrugged, doesn’t that make Ayn Rand’s novel relevant? Personally, I think he’s the Man Who Fell to Earth.
– Gustav La Joie
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Atlas Shrugged is indeed relevant.
However, Elon Musk still believes that civilization can be saved – that talented people do not have to hide in some secret valley waiting for everything to collapse so they can rebuild afterwards.
Importantly there are signs that some (some) other rich men who once tried to “buy off” the left, such as Larry Ellison and Jeff Bezos, now understand that this is impossible – that throwing money at the left to “save the environment” or “save the Washington Post” will NOT buy them mercy – that the left will destroy them and their families, along with everyone else, unless the left is defeated.
They are still learning – for example CBS (in spite of being bought by the Ellison family – at a vast cost) recently gave a prize to a student (from the Columbia School of Journalism – long a cesspool of evil) who made his name telling lies about the Trump Administration about immigration, and used his speech to accuse the Jews of “genocide”. Do not give prizes to such people, and do not employ them.
They, such students, want to rob and murder you – and rob and murder your family, do not give them money and do not give them other help – you can not “win them over” – you could give them the Moon and Stars and they would still eat your liver. When they use the word “genocide” what they are really doing is revealing what they themselves wish to do – wish to do to you (they are engaged in the old leftist game of “Projection” accusing the “capitalists” of what they, themselves, wish to do to the “capitalists”).
The “sanction of the victim”, stop giving money to your enemies, is the correct approach.