Elon Musk - Things Most People Don't Know About China

[@Liberty-Vault]

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[@StevenDykstra-u3b]

I write under the pseudonym thomaspainerevisited. I wrote your link down.

[@HthePro1]

America is fat and lazy, people are incredibly overpaid for menial jobs. America's working class will not fight for fat beurocrats. I see this developing into a nuclear problem because U.S. is weak beyond measure. If you can't win fair you cheat. Ive made minimum wage my entire life from age 13-31, I've been working since I was 4 years old on the farm. I've had many jobs and have more skills than anyone I've met. The facade of success that people hide behind disgusts me. People make 100k+/year and have no skills. Hard work is not rewarded, waste and inefficiency is. U.S. is a sewage dump.

[@Rensune]

It's less "potential" and more a guarantee, barring a miracle.

[@castirondude]

Many consumer and industrial commodities are ONLY made in China. How can the US go to war with the country we're completely and utterly dependent on?

[@almnr81S7]

Unbridled capitalism destroys the world, communism stifles the majority and wealth is controlled by the empire and gives to the few ass kissing snobbish ones only. What about socialism? I don't know even how it works.😅 😇 The problem with humans is greed, luxury and hunger for power, they seek and accumulate more than they need, even if it at the expense and destruction of whole community. Buddy the war never stopped and it is ongoing. Every citizen on earth is blindfolded and ignorant of the blood sucking cartels instigating civil wars and conflicts. War is profit for the few. Probably most consumer products are blood-stained. Your house, gas , roads, infrastructure and comfortable high standard of living are all probably blood-stained; a few or many had to die to get it.

[@chrisp2249]

If you can’t avoid it, you have to prepare for it! One of life’s lessons

[@izzly42]

I like that saying, albeit out of the context of a potential conflict between superpowers. Let’s hope we can avoid it!

[@Fordance100]

Of course, you can avoid it by accepting multi-polar world as it becomes, not insisting on uni-polar American controlling.dictating the whole world.

[@hc1897]

Oh wow so smart 🙄

[@brainspout3447]

They are. China is absolutely preparing for it, and has been for decades. On the other hand, here in America we are far more focused on gender identity and diversity. If you were a third party, who would you bet on to win that war? Be honest with yourself, not patriotic, what is your honest answer?

[@owenarnold7611]

Putin literally said this in his interview with Tucker Carlson - that war was unavoidable so he had to make the first move (regarding Ukraine). To quote Elon Musk on Putin "I'm nowhere near as rich as Putin"

[@lunatik9696]

Musk has a lot of haters b/c of his massive wealth, but this interview is an example of why no one should underestimate him. He is no idiot and his naysayers have always been proven wrong. I'm no fanboi, but mad respect for his intelligence, drive and accomplishments.

[@JUSTSANDRUDEMANNSTORM]

I don't hate him, I just wish people such as him with his big brains, enthusiasm and access to virtually UNlimited resources and ages of wisdom (he's like 2000 yrs old 😏) would consider spending more of their time and efforts on this planet - rather than contributing to its destruction in his efforts to explore space and occupy other planets (HUMANS DON'T DESERVE ANOTHER PLANET!)

[@kristinebailey6554]

Same!

[@zerocal76]

You can't get even a tiny fraction as far as he is without great knowledge about the world's history, economies, govs, powerful ppl & entities etc. He has chosen what he learns about wisely 👌

[@timarnold9868]

He didn't get that way, rich by being stupid.

[@DJDanJams]

🤑

[@chrisp2249]

Imagine where the US could be if it didn’t piss away 14 trillion on wars and added debt!

[@billyboy385]

Omg I just think like .. erm was that about race? But specifically were they having a larger thing in mind than just what'd been in the middle east I feel like a loser that I condemned someone as if oil was plentiful maybe the two largest countries wanted it and the US should have let history play out we'd had been better for it. Tl;Dr it were nothing to do with race but I think the US should've let things be.

[@andrewthomas695]

America's list of stupid is way longer than that.

[@HorusHerotic]

The US economy would collapse without war. That money didn't just evaporate.

[@noctwice]

This is so true we would only be $20 trillion in debt instead of $34 trillion

[@Dev-In-Denver123]

Donald Rumsfeld took America’s cash and set it all on fire 🔥 😂😂. Because blame him. And he pocketed plenty for him and his family.

[@zipididodad]

This is the Elon I know and respect. Having visited China, worked with Chinese scientists and engineers, and now partnered to a woman living there all I will say is that China is an amazing country and the Chinese people an amazing culture. I hope we learn to work together. The recent efforts to bring semiconductor processing back to the U.S. is a smart move for instance. I love U.S. ideals, in particular placing freedom on a pedestal. However, I do think the major threat facing America today is less about external economic challenges (like China) and more about the internal moral corrosion injected by the "wild west" of social and TV media into our culture. As Lincoln said in his famous 1838 speech, America's demise would not "come from abroad" but rather would "spring up amongst us".

[@jackjack-u3o]

what kind of freedom do you have in the us if you cant call a man a man and a woman a woman? you dont even know what gender you are

[@Surfercheflife]

One of the serious problems is China owning American politicians. We have tons of copper, nickel and cobalt but our politicians block the mining of it so we stay dependent on China.

[@stuartewoldt1513]

Well America needs to do something about Semiconductor manufacturing because Taiwan is a huge producer for us and with as weak as the USA is becoming its only a matter of time when China dictates their every move.

[@stuartewoldt1513]

Would you agree that entertainment (movies, Netflix, Hollywood) influences our youth and has for over 5 decades. Would you also agree that The CIA has worked with Hollywood. Do you think the creation of the CIA in 1947 was filled with German scientists and Intelligence Officers. Just asking for your opinion

[@mztwixed]

Who owns the media? Done on purpose by careful design.

[@binkleyrules]

The more I see of Elon the more I like him. His manor is so easy going; easy to listen to

[@topazure74]

I refer you to his laid back, easy going interview with Sorkin. The one where he showed how unhinged he is, & put one mare nail in his Twitter coffin. True genius.

[@AdventureswithLandon]

This interview is the reason I’m not a fan of Elon.

[@Skyking6976]

As someone who’s also on the spectrum I actually have a hard time following his commentary and have to turn on closed captioning🤔

[@focumQuarium]

This shows how braindead you are, not even hearing what BS he is spewing... "US hasn't been acquisitive"... Right!!!

[@jorgej5916]

besides being a true humanitarian, he is also a True Patriot that really cares about America and not just those lip service politicians we got at the hill. And we are still talking bs's.

[@duinay3]

In the US we have insane social issues like, "how many genders are there?" No chance China will out compete us there 😂

[@MarkJones-si2bb]

Is Elon aware some believe China will dramatically reduce their population as a result of the one-child policy. If so, will China really have an economy 3x our size?

[@JCIIIBULLET]

..silly rabbits everywhere 🐰weeeeeeeeee❕

[@Jonathan-Pilkington]

The world is thankful. The more internal issues the US has the less of a chance of the US starting another war out of boredom.

[@troymash8109]

China's population is collapsing and manufacturing is leaving. The CCP will use war to remain in power as long as possible. They will attempt to take Taiwan within a decade.

[@johnwong5317]

In China, they started to banned beautiful women online and girly looking guys.

[@MrTeetime]

Musk is a very interesting person, from what I can tell. His accomplishments are second to none. Musk seems to be very careful about his speaking, probably thrives for accuracy. Glad this interviewer waited for him to respond without interrupting him. First interviewer I have seen to give Musk the time to explain. Well done.

[@flashwashington2735]

And he likes verbally dunking on billionaires, trillionaires, and the pols lying and saying stupid things to enslave our nations. Elon's imperfect. I thank my God he's not like the perfect or ideal.

[@kevincockburn7805]

He has a stamer. Which is why he has a particular way of speaking. He has spoken about this in the past. He uses a technique not to stamer.

[@jeromethiel4323]

You can tell he actually takes the time to think before he answers. That is important. Anytime someone answers a question without thinking about it, i have to wonder if they even processed the question at all. I think he's a natural born engineer, as every good engineer i have ever had personal contact with took the time to think about a question before answering it.

[@csjmb6193]

as a Taiwanese live in the US and travel to many countries including China, one thing never changed, my family and I we love China and always proud being a Taiwanese Chinese. To many Taiwanese, China is our family, we came from the same root, same blood.

[@aaeehhlove]

Same thing here. As a Chinese American citizen born in Mainland China I truly view Taiwanese as our family members. I totally oppose to war between Taiwan and Mainland China, or between China and the US. I hope one day China will become a democracy, the day China and America work together to safeguard world peace.

[@denicelee6760]

same, after relocating from Hong Kong to the UK for more than 15 years, I hope one day my family can settle down in China, and my children can learn about the Chinese culture and history. I believe it's the long and glorious history and the great people that have always bonded the heart of Chinese people

[@alexlee2276]

As you said, taiwaneses and chineses came from same roots...so we americans must BOYCOTT and sanctioned tsmc semiconductor bc this company is helping chinese semiconductor industry indirectly behind the curtain. Tsmc out!!!

[@IsThisThePrizeIveWaitedFor]

It’s why America will always be close to the UK. Even after fighting for our independence, the US and UK are now close due to shared history, language, and culture

[@csjmb6193]

@ instead of boycotting and sanctioning which have been proven causing more damage to US than China, can US just grow up and compete with dignity and maturity?

[@chelin7023]

Loved the interview. The interviewer was the perfect interviewer, did not interrupt or talked over the interviewee; what a breath of fresh air! The topic, very interesting 🤓❤

[@joncandice4339]

Very inspiring interview

[@joncandice4339]

Very inspiring interview

[@sherryweems8579]

Elon is a very smart man, as we all know. But his retention of everything he reads is amazing. That's what makes him so interesting.

[@Real-Name..Maqavoy]

He's lost his *mojo*

[@Real-Name..Maqavoy]

@@joncandice4339 Hi #bot

[@gilberjj]

The more I listen to Elon, the more I like him.

[@GeorgeOfZala]

Elon has the honesty, integrity and common sence, which attributes are missing from many of our "leaders".. I just hope that we will improve and wake up from our self-delusions, Let all the goodness prevail and make things better for ourselves and to everyone else with mutual love and respect. We can all learn from the mistakes of the past.

[@joeybongo7267]

@@GeorgeOfZala idd.

[@topazure74]

And the more we see what he really does & mainly doesn't do, the more any thinking person hates this idiot.

[@finnmacdiarmid3250]

Nativity knows no bounds. Musk can’t contemplate certain aspects of life. His brain is proving incapable of addressing context outside of causality. And for those who don’t see this as a major problem, you’ll grow into it.

[@robalexander2016]

@@GeorgeOfZalaDon’t be fooled. Wants to own everything ..which is bad

[@felixloveseat]

After what the S.S. did to the Soviets, who would they prefer to surrender to?

[@benjaminr8961]

The soviets were evil to everyone not just Germans

[@ElonMusk-iw1lg]

Hello. I want to personally thank you for your support and love. I've seen a couple of your likes and comments on my fan pages. You're not just a fan, you're family. The future can be yours if you believe it. You're loved. 🚀🚀

[@morningstararun6278]

@@benjaminr8961 Lol Soviets were evil to Nazis, as every human being in the world should be. There isn't a bigger shame in the world than when a Nazis sees you as an ally. And the Nazis started seeing US as an ally during the final stages of war. The combined army of France and Britain didn't even put up a worthy fight against the Nazis, why? A single fort in USSR resisted the Nazis, longer than the entire country of France. And Nazis repaid this "kindliness"(fellow white supremacism) by not bombing any of their historical squares and buildings in France and other west and some European countries, while the opposite was happening to USSR and East Europe. Luftwaffe bombed everything that it flew over in USSR. During the siege of Leningrad, the famous amber room of Queen Catherine the great was stolen and demolished, the Bolshoi theatre was bombed, many tsarist era palaces have all gone. Soviets went to great efforts to rebuild the amber room, the Bolshoi theatre and many other palaces. Even today in North America and in west Europe, the ultra right wing nutjobs recite words of Nazi leaders like Joseph Gobbels and even Hitler word for word, and call that protection of values. Did you know that Nazis wanted by Soviet Union for murdering thousands of Jews in concentration camps, became the governing heads of NATO and CIA? I mean, literally the NAZIS wanted for serious war crimes were engulfed back into the "civilized" western family.

[@jannekallio5047]

Well it was not only the Germans that were treated so nicely by the Soviets..

[@natkingcol909]

Geography plays a much bigger role in world politics than most people realise. If you live in mainland Europe you're at much greater risk of being invaded than north America. The Americans can afford to behave badly and make mistakes around the world because they will probably never be invaded. It's a different story in Europe. Not that I'm excusing the US for Iraq and Afghanistan but they would have thought twice about invading if they didn't have an ocean in-between...

[@kimcheeeepo]

I think our problem in America is greed. We have a lot of greedy politicians. They will not control themselves. A politician once said “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what can you do for your country”. And they killed him.

[@tonywei423]

I recently check the ancient poem of China, came across one of the most famous poet - Li Bai, who was born in AD 701, 1323 yers ago. His poem still very popular in Chinese literature and in high school texbook . His wording still quite easy to understnad even for ordinary Chinese. The culture continuity is amazing. How many US people can read Chinese? How many Chiese can read English? Tells why they never understand China at all.

[@uncois]

And most likely he was Caucasian.

[@phillip76]

@@uncois Li Bai is not white.... LOL

[@Dapicomp]

not highschool, mate, primary school. Li Bai's poems are in the textbook of 1st graders in China. that's the beauty of the Chinese language.

[@oskarngo9138]

@@phillip76 he was from the far western part of China, in or near Xinjiang region... ... their skin color, like today, is more white than East Asian..

[@phillip76]

@@oskarngo9138 No, from the wikipedia article, his family was originally from Gansu, and he comes from a family of merchants. At that time, trade between China and the west via the Silk road is common. By the way, everyone knows East Asian is smarter. Nice try.

[@renedosr]

Elon Musk made the same comment about "conspicuous acts of kindness" when he first commented about the Hamas attack. If they listened to him then, the world would be a safer place. But the mainstream press accused him of antisemitism and pressured him into taking back his words. It is statements like this that show his true intelligence and empathy. I hope more people will listen to him.

[@HvdHaghen]

The German prisoners of war were much better of in French captivity. After the capture of the Remagen Bridge, the US Army hastily erected dozens of Prisoner of War cages around the bridge-head. The camps were simply open fields surrounded by concertina wire. Those at the Rhine Meadows were situated at Remagen, Bad Kreuznach, Andernach, Buderich, Rheinbach and Sinzig. The German prisoners were hopeful of good treatment from the GIs but in this they were sadly disappointed. Herded into the open spaces like cattle, some were beaten and mistreated. No tents or toilets were supplied. The camps became huge latrines, a sea of urine from one end to the other. They had to sleep in holes in the ground which they dug with their bare hands. In the Bad Kreuznach cage, 560,000 men were interned in an area that could only comfortably hold 45,000. Denied enough food and water, they were forced to eat the grass under their feet and the camps soon became a sea of mud. After the concentration camps were discovered, their treatment became worse as the GIs vented their rage on the hapless prisoners. In the five camps around Bretzenheim, prisoners had to survive on 600-850 calories per day. With bloated bellies and teeth falling out, they died by the thousands. During the two and a half months (April-May, 1945) when the camps were under American control, a total of 18,100 prisoners died from malnutrition, disease and exposure. This extremely harsh treatment at the hands of the Americans resulted in the deaths of over 50,000 German prisoners in the Rhine Meadows camps, in the months just before and after the war ended.

[@jedaaa]

​@chetsenior7253 what if he said the same thing but had no money ?

[@Jazdog69]

The negative speaks louder, more ears hear the brute conversation. Lots of people would prefer to watch a crash, with no interest in the race itself.

[@pf1830]

He also helped in the Ukranian /Russian conflict (Sat-internet) and also suggested a GOOD solution. Now the outcome for the Ukrainians and the rest of the world is gonna be MUCH worse!

[@chasmcgregor001]

You said the problem right there. Isreals biggest defense is not the iron dome. It's their ability to silence any criticism or accountability with one word. Antisemitism.

[@anthonymichaelwilson8401]

China has a long history of survival 😊

[@lawrenceallen8096]

But they've had 4 governments in the past 110 years...living memory.

[@arminius6506]

​@@lawrenceallen8096 And see where they're now.

[@lawrenceallen8096]

@@arminius6506 Yep. in the last 140 years they had a civil war that killed 20,000,000 people. Then a revolution in 1911. A warlord too over for 80 days in the mid 19-teens. Then the Nationalists. Then another civil war with communists that started in 1927. Then were occupied and enslaved by the Japanese from 1937 until the Americans and Brits rescued them in 1945. Then the civil war again 1945-1949. And after the Communists took over in 1949: 1950s: Mayhem and murder, killing off most of their intelligencia (Hundred Flowers Movement), 1960s: The largest famine in human history 45,000,000 starved to death in 3 years ('50-'61). Then another civil war that killed millions called the Cultural Revolution. And in 1978, with a billion people isolated from the world for 30 yrs (as much as any Amazonian lost tribe), on the verge of starvation, Deng Xiaoping opened China and implemented market reforms. Followed by dead space for about 14 years until the early 1990s when China began to hockey-stick with economic development. And it became the 2nd largest economy around 2005. Now, they have 500+ plus debt to GDP and manufacturing companies are moving to other locations because of high labor costs and policies unfavorable to foreign investors. Now, you can go back thousands of years and see that China's cycle is this: Chaos, Bloody War, New Totalitarian Government wins, Stability, Prosperity, Corruption, Collapse, Chaos. China has been doing that for 5,000 years. So why do you think that will stop now? Because they make TVs?

[@Hanover_Fist]

And midland existence.

[@alexstewart8097]

So is that how re writing The Bible, 21st Century concentration camps, summary executions , 24/7 keeping credit scores by constantly peeping on their own people , having no a culture respectful of the people human rights in a socialist regime of ''happy slaves'' or else... IS now called ''a long history of survival''?. Uhm...Quite a warped and crooked take on reality many would call that instead. ...Shema!!!.

[@jaylinn416]

I pray that Elon can help to restore that benevolent America !!!

[@wholeNwon]

Or encourage the development of a benevolent China.

[@SpaceDad42]

Donald Trump can. Vote!

[@ForwardPlans]

Most people ignore the fact that Elon is from South Africa, and was there to see Mandela, Apartheid, and knows the current circumstances of SA. He can compare all that to the US, and other countries he does business with.

[@FrenchCanadianGuy]

He probably does the comparison intrisically by intuition, it is part of his baseline "knowledge of the way the world is" since it is part of his infancy stage

[@justinsmith4562]

Your comment doesn’t have a point.

[@perpitraiter]

The situation in SA is dire and is happening here now too. 😢

[@focumQuarium]

His heritage was in the wrong side of history, as far as SA is concerned. They weren't really good guys you know :D

[@ForwardPlans]

@@focumQuarium And SA is much more prosperous, safe, and productive today. I didn't check the Tesla sales, but that small country should easily convert to EVs.

[@annieyue9184]

Thank you for this interview! Mr Musk’s wisdom and knowledge about the Chinese history and culture is commendable! He has my respect!

[@elonmusk9906gmail]

❤❤❤ from me

[@mariposabay4006]

He is only repeating the CCP narrative.

[@akh21849]

the difference between this interview and the one with don the lemon is this has substance and d.l. 's was more like tabloid

[@MattDunlapCO]

Elon interviews are so much better when the interviewer comes in already realizing Elon is the smarter man.

[@magyararon6918]

funny how Elon mentions the Chinese trains, while in the US they literally choose to give this felon guy money for hyperloop instead of building actual trains thats are proven to work and provides actual value to people. He is so disconnected from reality... or just evil, or both.

[@snailnslug3]

Don lemon is a human waste. He’d be long dead in any sort of survival. Elon has brains … or at least can garner interest

[@Lovin_It]

Elon can't know everything, and he spends zero time on the legal and intellectual basis of CRT, he should read more before he opens his mouth. If you just read the half dozen axioms re CRT, he's committing many of the errors on what should be obvious starting points. Elon, you're famous for being prepared, so do some reading. Crenshaw 1989 58 page interview, Harvard Law Review, start there.

[@rogerstarkey5390]

​@@MattDunlapCO Lex is a VERY smart man. This is just 2 friends having a discussion.

[@allanfahrenhorst-jones6118]

When the comment that Chinese think 10 times more of China...... This is correct, and funilly enough it is what all governments should be doing. Government has ONE job, look after its own citizens.

[@Cepheidvariable]

UK government does not understand this.

[@floridagoods]

But the problem is it becomes propaganda to teach them to hate us. Toddlers are taught to hate and kill Americans in schools in China. Wanting to be the best you can be as one country is one thing thinking you're superior over everybody else is another.

[@loot6]

@@Cepheidvariable I don't think anybody would understand this. Chinese think 10 times more of China?? More of what?? Doesn't make any sense lol. 😂

[@Cepheidvariable]

@@loot6 I think you took the wrong section of the OP comment, I was referencing the final sentence.

[@loot6]

@@Cepheidvariable None of it makes sense if we don't understand the first part, his whole comment is about that first statement.

[@yuema2078]

I trust him much more than our politicians.

[@rickmacdonald5575]

Some of them

[@saffire301]

I absolutely hear you but if you look throughout history this is how a lineage of brutal dictatorships begin. People fed up with the status quo who are happy to hand over the reigns to a strong yet benevolent leader. Perhaps he is even a good one. What happens after that is usually chaos. His replacement has all the same powers given to the predecessor but not so much with the benevolence. Democracy is a rare and beautiful (if imperfect) thing that must always be fought for.

[@rogerstarkey5390]

​@@saffire301 USA? Democracy?? 🤔

[@anotheryoutubechannel4809]

💯

[@EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV]

Sure, but he is invested in China so can't speak honestly about them without offending Tesla stockholders. I'm sure he knows about tofu dreg construction, the countries China has invaded and the poverty of Chinese peasants. His reference to 'who would you want to be a POW with?' was a subtle dig at the CCP's record I think....

[@dave550821]

A better discussion about better subject matter then i have seen in too long.

[@ElonMusk-iw1lg]

Hello. I want to personally thank you for your support and love. I've seen a couple of your likes and comments on my fan pages. You're not just a fan, you're family. The future can be yours if you believe it. You're loved. 🚀🚀

[@morbino1]

@@ElonMusk-iw1lg

[@ElonMusk-iw1lg]

@@morbino1 You seam to be a very intelligent and know more about me I want to give you the honor of having me on signal so we can talk more is that ok by you ?

[@ElonMusk-iw1lg]

@@morbino1 You seam to be a very intelligent and know more about me I want to give you the honor of having me on signal or telegram so we can talk more is that ok by you ?

[@richsackett3423]

"Discussion" LOL

[@davidapatrickmoore]

It is not beyond suspicion that some people are required to be extremely diplomatic when speaking of world events and conditions regardless of reality.

[@SatansPeter]

Can't expect it to be the truth when they won't speak freely on a topic to the public. Very dark realities not spoken here, which I get lex asking for the positives. But the positives aren't positives for the US are they? Because much of Chinese positive growth also involves taking the legs out of US. The US economy is flatlining with help from Chinese internal influence. Am I wrong? I think the US population should be made fully aware of what's happening, and truth needs to be spoken as accurately as possible, diplomatic or not.

[@davidendricks3265]

I would like to sit down and discuss further his take on China and Taiwan .... off camera !

[@davidapatrickmoore]

Nothing really needs to be talked about. The reality is known. How to respond is the tricky part because people don't react positively they usually choose judgment, which is counterproductive. The "controllers" in China are predictable while being unpredictable.

[@antihypocrisy8978]

You are experiencing cognitive dissonance. You hear information that does not fit your world view. Instead of being open to new information, you immediately discredit that information. Call the source a bot, 50 cent, or under coercion. This way, you can keep your bias without accepting logically sound new information.

[@ElonMusk-iw1lg]

Hello. I want to personally thank you for your support and love. I've seen a couple of your likes and comments on my fan pages. You're not just a fan, you're family. The future can be yours if you believe it. You're loved. 🚀🚀

[@NlNJA8NlNJA]

As an Asian American living in Taiwan, I have a lot to say but I will just say this, for those who have never visited or lived in another country (outside of their own country, and I don't only mean for Americans but also for Chinese and other people from other countries) I say if you have the funds and the resources to do so you should. It will greatly open your mind to the world but you have to have an open mind.

[@bryansprecher]

If only more people were encouraged to sit and have in depth conversations.

[@0o_KASHIII_o0]

I don't know how he juggles between times to give interviews, read books, tweet, running several large companies, date women and know a little bit about everything enough to have opinions about it. Some may not like him, but he's pretty incredible in terms of time management. UPDATE16July24: I've seen several comments saying anyone can do any of this all at once. And yes, you're right! But the question is, did it make you become a billionaire doing so? Or run companies that launch rockets and build electric cars? 😂

[@pierreschaub1614]

Yes. Trump even more for a 78 y.o. man.

[@Showmetheevidence-]

@@pierreschaub1614wtf does this have to do with anything?

[@pierreschaub1614]

@@Showmetheevidence-, mmm… this spirit they have in common. I like both. Right people appreciate free busy minds, guys who put things straight no matter the mainstream.

[@LaurieKelly-wp1xb]

Those women's are lucky just to have a piece of his time. 🎉

[@gimmeshelter1969]

Well, he hasn't slept a wink in the last 25 years. 😂

[@TheMalfean]

I love he mentioned the trains. My God... when I was in Japan and rode the Yamanote line, I almost wept. Chicago's "L" and Metra are just decades behind. It's not just a joke... it's embarrassing.

[@dr.strangelove5708]

We don't do trains we do planes but Boeing is letting us down.

[@guestonearth1274]

You will be crying louder if getting chance to ride chinese HS-train

[@ChinaSongsCollection]

Hi. I haven't been on the Japanese trains. I heard they are very good 👍 Just like to show you a normal typical Chinese train station for comparison : kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWHbpZmIm5Zpl5Y

[@ndkariningufu]

1. Trains must remain slow and unflexible for the car industrial complex to thrive in the US. 2. The automobile, as was the horse, is marketed as a truer symbol of freedom and capitalism compared to the socialism an imposing train conveys. This is simply how the US works

[@theasianjaywalker4455]

Why, Americans use personal cars.

[@sondrasmith2691]

Greece being able to see war coming but not available to avoid it certainly reminds me of the U.S.A. today.

[@inyomoufizaWabbit]

China isn’t coming to the states anytime soon lol.

[@Jimarass]

Greece didnt exist then as a state. The term "Greece" is like today we say "West". Athens and Sparta, cause of their big contribution to the civilization, wanted their "rightful" dominance. That blinded them for local domination, and made them ingore the biggest enemy, who was Persia. Thankfully, Philips and his son Alexander came and formed the first western state, the Macedonian Empire and the first actual Greek State. The lesson is, dont be blinded by your previous success, you need to work together for the common goal. If you fail to do it, someone else will do it for you, while you both destoy yourselves. Thats the lesson of the peloponnesian war.

[@arpadzigisfari5819]

@@inyomoufizaWabbit Of course they are. All they have to do is cross the southern (or northern) border. Don't assume that they're friendly to us, since we're not vetting anyone.

[@sluggy6074]

Ancient Greek stoicism is rooted in the belief that fate is predetermined and while you cant change it you can foresee it if you condition yourself to accept it. Theres no point crying over spilt milk even if you know its going to spill tomorrow

[@garyhughes2446]

Greece, seeing the war coming and not being able to avoid it reminds me of China and their greed and quest for more power in warning to take Taiwan who wants to remain free.

[@alsteeves2044]

Having visited China 3 times for stays from 15 to 23 days, I must agree that the Chinese ambition and drive is unmatched in North America. I seen it first hand in factories from the Pearl delta to Shanghai and inland. They are not just working for this moment but also have the future generations progress in their sights. That said I am hearing about this undercurrent by a new generation that wants to do away with old values around work and persue leisure. Does that sound familiar?

[@edwardlaw797]

We are getting lazy. No work mon and Friday… 3 days workweek for the young.😅

[@alsteeves2044]

@@edwardlaw797 Getting lazy? Too late, look at the fat and complacent sheeple out there. No wonder about the state of affairs.

[@topazure74]

Next time you go, you should stay in that shithole for good & then see how great it is. They will always be behind the US in anything that really matters & always have been. For as long as they have existed they have accomplished little, except for stealing everyone else's ideas & still can't get it right.

[@topazure74]

@@edwardlaw797 And yet for the most part all China does is flood the world with cheap, useless junk.

[@BusinessWolf1]

Bruh the young have no future there. The old are working in their retirement so the young don't have career opportunities, housing is completely unaffordable in cities, and people young now will not have a pension because of the heavily declined birth rates. Everything is controlled and shit painted over. Come on man this stuff is obvious.

[@robertkerby2581]

Elon Musk is a brilliant man whom I have massive respect! Loved the interview! Well done!

[@c0ugar43]

The underlying nature of humans is NOT goodness. But that is why "conspicuous acts of kindness" are so important - specifically because it goes against our underlying nature.

[@dennisboyd1712]

Western Christian values, Love thy neighbor as thy self

[@JustChill-zd4ib]

I would say those that seek power is not goodness. Can't be good and acquire power. Self selection bias.

[@Gadfly2025]

When I first visited China 1993 they had almost no roads or cars . Just official cars and trucks . Diesel or coal steam trains . I did notice roads , power plants , bridges being built and very little machinery being used . Bamboo scaffolding 😮 It’s a miracle how far they have come . I have noticed almost No change in USA same time span

[@Steven-oq7dx]

我是中國人 你說的 讓我想起小時候的社會狀況 和現在有顯著差別 彷彿兩個世界。

[@Gadfly2025]

@@Steven-oq7dx translate ?

[@wholeNwon]

@@Gadfly2025 Just click the "translate" button.

[@leotravel85]

And yet milions flock to the US while China is having the worst exodus in their history. Maybe is not the paradise they told us to be?

[@WilliamLou-ps5qh]

That's true, but the only problem here is no such thing as democracy and freedom. All these changes you've mentioned are actually the outcome of reforms and revolutions in Deng Xiaoping's era. Xi Jinping is now ruling and ruining China. Look at the Chinese economy these years and what he did during the pandemic. People in China were suffering from working 10 hours per day with only a single weekend, and being paid for less than 1500usd per month. Education is another serious problem, most of the children now in China are studying in traditional public schools without tuition, but what they need to learn are Xijinping's thoughts and Chinese politics and history. Tons of homework is forcing a child no more than 10yr old to finish their work till 12 at night, just imagine 80% of shortsightedness here for teenagers. I'm just sooo lucky that i'm born into a wealthy family in China who can learn in an international school. What I know is that almost every wealthy family are trying to immigrate to the foreign countries and never get back to China till the reform.

[@LensandLacesUK]

I've been visiting China for over a decade, and I have to admit the infrastructure they have is impressive especially when compared to the West, they've made massive leaps in building up the country. Like many other Asian countries such as South Korea, Singapore and Japan they've really embraced modern technology as a way to advance their economy. People don't distrust modern tech like folk tend to do in the West and I believe it's why Asian will advance past Western countries in the near future.

[@jimstartup2729]

Probably because a huge amount of development in China has come in the last 20 years. A lot of western infrastructure reached a high level back in the 70's and it's always harder to tear vast infrastructure down and replace it than build it modern from scratch. Modernising what we already have and use is a slower process. And some of the older stuff is still lovely to have around.. but when it comes to public transport, sanitation and services.. would be nice if that had been kept on top of relentlessly.

[@JustChill-zd4ib]

Advance where? More people slaving away to have more people? To what end exactly? What's the end goal?

[@zhaokwong5544]

​@@JustChill-zd4iblol. Have you been living under a rock?

[@wholeNwon]

They have a lot of people to employ and only so many railroad lines and unoccupied cities that they can build. They must increase domestic consumption without depressing their currency. It's a real problem. One of their approaches is the "belt and road" making massive loans that often can't be repaid. Think about the problems that can result from that. The world is.

[@michaellorton8099]

Mr. Musk is very intelligent and very wise. He is for us Americans a found treasure.

[@dennisholliday2454]

He's a FRAUD , a fake , and a phoney. He was not a founder of Tesla, and he would be bankrupt if not for the CORPORATE WELFARE he received.

[@wholeNwon]

He sounds like the average university history instructor.

[@JerryDLTN]

It'd be interesting to hear Elon Musk and Peter Zeihan talk together for an hour about China and the world's economy/resources

[@castirondude]

That would be a fascinating talk. Zeihan does put some contradicting information out there, like on the one hand he talks about the population collapse, on the other hand he talks about massive unemployment. Economically they cannot both be limiting factors.

[@ronaldbruce6480]

I totally agree. Peter makes it sound like china has no chance competing with the US and then other ppl will say the opposite.

[@chongdi6140]

​@@ronaldbruce6480Peter is a die hard antiChina nut case

[@wlyiu4057]

@@ronaldbruce6480 Ah, Zeihan, the expert who revealed that China has no ability to develop anything more sophisticated than simple IOT devices.

[@lobbyskids2]

It won’t happen. Zeihan hates musk. He’s called him a racist South African apartheid sympathiser. It’s not true at all.

[@elizabethannehin5429]

Beautiful conversation, deepest gratitude.

[@elonmusk9906gmail]

❤❤❤ from me

[@samspade2657]

If you know the history of China you will understand the "one China policy." As it says in the beginning of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," --- "The Empire long divided must unite, and long united must divide. Ever it so has been." And each time it united or divided 10s of millions died.

[@innosanto]

So it shouldnt unite or divide

[@21sausage9]

@@innosantothen what’s the solution?

[@samspade2657]

@@21sausage9 There is none. This is their karma. Look into the history of China it is drenched in blood and has always been that way. Many of the 10 bloodiest wars in the world (that you never heard of) were fought in China. Another thing is that China is a very old civilization while the USA is only 250 years old. By comparison, the civil war (War of the Three Kingdoms) between the fall of the Han dynasty and the rise of the Jin dynasty lasted about 100 years leading to mass depopulation. 100 years is 40% of the total life span of the USA. China's history goes back thousands of years BC so 250 years is just a blip for them. And India has an even longer age, it was already ancient at the time of the Pharaohs.

[@samspade2657]

@@innosanto Not going to happen. China is set on taking Taiwan at any cost. It is in their DNA.

[@cyprienpogu774]

one China policy is communist propaganda because if they truly cared about the one china then they should have claimed back all the land that were illegally taken by russia and the soviet, they dont because its a communist country

[@CMTCSWEDEN]

I respect him so much!!! very objective and extremely intelligent man!!! ❤️❤️

[@ElonMusk-iw1lg]

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[@CMTCSWEDEN]

@chetsenior7253why not if he has such unique power and intelligence

[@jeffxanders3990]

I think the real question is what will big money do in order to profit the most.

[@jenobene710]

US only went to Europe for long time holding, control, and seiz as much resources and money, not because of kindness!!!

[@ElonMusk-iw1lg]

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[@topazure74]

Elon will keep lying, manipulating, & under delivering any way he can to grab the most profit at any cost. That's all he's ever done & the only thing he's good at.

[@JohnnyHurbonConnections]

My 16 tour of China unfolded the amazing idea of a country government having a 100 year plan as well as the hundreds of prebuilt cities currently without residents. The train systems are futuristic and every age work driven. Living on less.

[@mariposabay4006]

So you agree one party rules the country forever? Cities built and no resident when the populations are dwindling? High speed railways most lines are in huge deficit?

[@1547biggiganticus]

So much respect to Elon Musk for knowing about three kingdoms

[@elonmusk9906gmail]

❤❤❤ from me

[@wholeNwon]

Like every high school student should?

[@1547biggiganticus]

@@wholeNwon Agreed with “should”, Unfortunately people just don’t teach or know about it 😢

[@btpennycook]

I remember reading an article in the 90s the US military had consumed as much money as the renewal of all the buidings and infrastructure in the whole country would have cost . Imagine every building, bridge, railway road etc etc etc brand new instead they chose to spend it on the military while the infrastructure of the country is now falling to pieces. On the other hand as Musk says the infrastructure in China is second to none

[@ElonMusk-iw1lg]

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[@larrybrophy9093]

So who is in charge of quality control and do they really care?

[@orangetube1]

@@larrybrophy9093 Go visit and see for yourself. Elon did. I wouldn't say a dish is no good without tasting it myself. Otherwise all you have is perpetual unsubstantiated doubt.

[@wholeNwon]

Eisenhower warned us about the "military-industrial (Congressional) complex". Instead we twist ourselves into knots over pronouns and other such silliness.

[@freebird7284]

every interview he does is worth a cateful listen at least once

[@neverforget6063]

I can’t seem to get enough of Elon ! This guy is so smart and thoughtful if we all would just take a moment to slow down and try to understand the topics like Elon , we would be a lot better off !

[@projectcontractors]

"This isn't about Ukraine defending itself, this is about a larger plan by the collective West, by NATO, by the United States to strategically defeat Russia." ~Scott Ritter

[@Egilhelmson]

So the USA convinced Putin to invade Ukraine, rather than make it seem a good idea to Ukrainians to join up with Russia.

[@angelofamillionyears4599]

Great post. Also look at UAE and Middle east !! New architecture all the time !! Beautiful !!

[@morningstararun6278]

US has been in war with another country in every single year of the last century and in this century. US is not inquisitive? 😂😂

[@wowcnmovie]

He meant not for the purposes of taking land.

[@morningstararun6278]

@@wowcnmovie are there even any reasons to take land? Japan's entire political story gets written by the US. Any honest African leader that refused to sell his country's natural resources in an unfair trade value was killed by the US, and then a US puppet leader would be put in his place. By the time of mid 20th century, US didn't have to physically take over lands. It just wasn't logical. The warfare have changed by that time. And also, Elon Musk clearly covers up the fact that US was openly said that they have plans to nuke North Korea. But since the Soviets also had nukes by that time, the plan was dropped. The only thing that prevented US from nuking DPRK was the Soviet possession of Nukes. How is this not inquisitive?

[@j.u.c.o]

*acquisitive... meaning to acquire, as in take over a country as in ownership / direct colonization . The U.S. has however fought many proxy wars to put their preferred leader in a foreign office and affect world events that way.

[@smhollanshead]

Woodrow Wilson a Democratic entered World War l. FDR a Democrat entered World War II. Harry Truman a Democrat started the Korean War. JFK a Democratic started the Vietnam War. LBJ a Democrat continued the Vietnam War. Jimmy Carter a Democrat started a conflict with Iran. Joe Biden a Democrat supports the Ukraine War. Joe Biden a Democrat supports Hamas in the Middle East War. Does anyone here see a pattern developing?

[@TrueFreedom9999]

@@wowcnmovie you can steal resourc through corporation and manipulation of lies by secret intelligence

[@MarceloLaraM]

It’s a luxury listening to this man

[@elonmusk9906gmail]

❤❤❤ from me

[@martinbebow9190]

There is a cultural divide between China and the US. We love freedom and they love security. We need to understand this and find a way to cooperate. The important thing is to keep the world economy going. We need this both for ourselves and the environment and the poor

[@teeconsigliano7631]

US was definitely acquisitive in the 1800s. After that it was easier to influence countries than acquire the land.

[@amans9708]

Exactly - the reason countries stopped being acquistive around mid 20th century was not morality but the fact that economic domination was much more sustainable and profitable that acquistions

[@mrscorp2011]

Agree. They just apply what Genkhis Khan did.

[@Jimarass]

You confuse yourself. These were Europeans. If we sent tomorrow people to Mars, they wont be Martians. After 500 years they will be yes, but not the first 100-200.

[@teeconsigliano7631]

@Jimarass No, you're confused about American history. United States of America Declaration of Independence was 1776. Most Americans were of European descent but established themselves as a separate nation from England before 1800s acquisitions. The people previously living in those acquired lands were in many different tribes and didn't consider themselves to be American at that time. Your hypothetical Mars comparison doesn't work.

[@Jimarass]

@@teeconsigliano7631 I will dive deeper. Do you see a Roman nowadays? Can you perceive why you cant? They ruled the west for 2K years almost. And none of them is here? Finding out why you cant see one, you will undertand what I mean. If you cant find out, no matter what I say, wont matter.

[@brandoncrow8291]

Elon musk, the savior of humanity. Thanks for a good time. ♾️

[@topazure74]

Making crap cars that are poorly designed, don't work & rockets that just blow up wasting taxpayer billions saves nothing. Look what he could have done with the 20 billion he wasted paying too much for Twitter. He saves nothing & is a liar & conman.

[@wholeNwon]

Sarcasm?

[@user-xk4gf9jz8c]

Elon is the Undisputed Genius of our time. I have no judgement I will not agree or disagree. All I'm saying is that nothing that he ever says has Not been very well thought out In mere moments, when most of us would take far longer to process the possible consequences of our words.

[@wecx2375]

He literally just read out of a high school history book

[@knoll9812]

He reads books. Americans are reading less and less. This interview shows that he has a wide interest in history. Similar to other people who read history. This is fairly standard for readers Conclusion start reading more

[@frankindude]

This was taken from the Lex Freidman podcast without any reference or credit.

[@philipclift7205]

The guy in the suit , ......is Lex Friedman, lest your eyes betrayed you.

[@HorusHerotic]

​@@philipclift7205... Which the channel did not reference or credit.

[@daytonaflow]

​@@HorusHerotic youtube has the technology to pay lex the ad revenue when other people upload his content

[@UnknownSend3r]

@@daytonaflowseriously?

[@philipclift7205]

@@HorusHerotic there's 2 people sitting there. And only 1 owns the content? Elon hasn't sold himself to lex.

[@joeschembrie9450]

The book Musk refers to is actually entitled 'Destined for War.' I read the book and noticed that the cover review blurbs kept mentioning The Thucydides Trap as if it were the title of the book. I think what happened is that the original title was changed prior to publication (for the obvious reason that it is difficult to pronounce) and that the reviewers had received pre-pub copies that were under the original title. The implication I draw from this is that Musk was on the list of pre-pub reviewers.

[@Lovin_It]

for a broader perspective, and if you have the patience, a channel called Professor Hamamoto is far more worthy than the subscription numbers suggest. More videos on his other channel, 'Darrell Y. Hamamoto, PhD.

[@innosanto]

The Thucydides trap is a term.

[@sergiomanzetti1021]

The cause of war is not only economy, but also pride, and the US has too much of it.

[@PP-vf1kx]

Would you like a communist government?

[@jesse89625]

fake pride

[@sergiomanzetti1021]

@jesse89625 well said

[@gingermintrose]

Thank you for your candid assessment and understanding of the Chinese outlook and viewpoint, cultural and historical. I believe his assessment of the United States as not being acquisitive should not be confined to its victory during WW2 or its abilities to provide independence to the Philippines (its colony) but to its trajectory in the last 60 years to maintain its hegemony in terms of shaping world order through military interventions on decolonized nations-to align and to preserve its interests. Through invasions and wars-but calling each of them as keeping and maintaining "liberty and freedom." As we know, it is not about freedom but preserving its world hegemony.

[@MurrayVoightSr]

Great Great interview! So much valuable knowledge.

[@zazu9117]

Man, what Germans did in Russia, and what at all happened in Europe in WWII? Of course prisoners of war were treated differently. What about Guantanamo? Agent orange? Napalm? Nukes? USSR lost 27 million in that war, USA 0.4 million, no civilian casualties. USA, Britain and France combined had less casualties than Serbs. Conclusions that are not taking into account basic facts.

[@wholeNwon]

The USSR-German nonaggression pact that allowed Germany to develop its war machine on Soviet soil was a disastrous mistake by Stalin that almost destroyed the USSR. All the world saw it happening and did nothing. There were several clear opportunities to nip the conflict in the bud but the western democracies again did nothing. Japan invaded China in acts of horrible genocide. The world did nothing. Would NATO do better now? History always repeats itself...eventually.

[@incaseinever]

See North American socialism coming and couldn't avoid it...

[@hfrt29]

I agree I always said China is so smart and innovative and creative they have things that I've never seen how come we don't have that

[@brockdinbarr]

There was a war between the British Empire and the US, but it was small compared to WWII. Something to remember at least.

[@ElonMusk-iw1lg]

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[@JosephDeLuna-yj8vg]

Elon Is A Great Man!!!

[@youtoob1811]

I like Elon, but his romanticised take on America's historical actions is questionable. The Marshall plan was designed to create resistance to the communistic threat from the soviet union. NATO was set-up the following year in 1949. In 1951 The Marshall Plan was replaced by the more appropriately named Mutual Security Act which speaks for itself and shows the true intent of The Marshall Plan. The US involvement in WW2, it's rebuilding of Western Europe post WW2 and pretty much everything they've ever done have been motivated by geo-political strategy - not benevolence.

[@dixztube]

yeah, seems great at business and engineering , but very average minded on history - like most of us.

[@youtoob1811]

@@dixztube - I think his take is selective, and I think nobody has challenged his position. Maybe they're afraid to. As I say, I like Musk, but I find some of his views... curious.

[@dixztube]

@@youtoob1811 I don’t like him. He’s impressive in those fields but lot of these business types are propped up by a financialized market , government rates or lack of, and culture warriors who follow them. I think he’s compromised with china big time and a total hypocrite

[@topazure74]

One should question everything about Elon, because he is nothing but a partially functioning idiot & mainly spews complete nonsense to those dumb enough to listen to his nonsense & lies.

[@miketayse]

When I think of China I think of an advanced country with a rich cultural history that does not tolerate a difference of opinion and permits no criticism of the government. I've never been there but I've met people who grew up there and worked there. My opinion, I've not been there myself, just what I've heard and read.

[@wholeNwon]

Chaos followed by gradually progressive rigidity to the point of immobility followed by revolution/civil war, chaos, etc. and the whole thing repeats...such is the long history of China.

[@pokies100]

Would humanity have reached the moon if not for that bike ride?

[@pokies100]

Would we have reach Mars without this podcast?

[@stephentrueman4843]

@@pokies100 lol...

[@ElonMusk-iw1lg]

Hello. I want to personally thank you for your support and love. I've seen a couple of your likes and comments on my fan pages. You're not just a fan, you're family. The future can be yours if you believe it. You're loved. 🚀🚀

[@ElonMusk-iw1lg]

@@stephentrueman4843 Hello. I want to personally thank you for your support and love. I've seen a couple of your likes and comments on my fan pages. You're not just a fan, you're family. The future can be yours if you believe it. You're loved. 🚀🚀

[@GaryG63]

Or maybe millions would not have died from the rockets the scientists developed because of that bike

[@MoralScienceEducation]

Great talk - as always🙏. Interesting to hear Mr Musk’s view on free speech in China, spiritual and non competitive arts of the Chinese civilization (Qi Gong) and the benefits of holistic healing methods such as acupuncture with a view to depoliticizing and restoring US -China relations for global peace 🇱🇰🙏🧘‍♀️

[@mohammadsaklayen8459]

Does Elon Musk know about Monroe doctrine and how USA dealt with Latin America. Does he know about neocolonialism as opposed to colonialism, the later more cumbersome with administrative responsibilities while former gets the benefit of facilitated businesses without administrative responsibilities.

[@johnsmith1953x]

Musk is an effin arrogant idiot. The worse kind of idiot.

[@zangitinaidu4582]

Is he american or European

[@cmleong]

Excellent analysis of China and US.

[@AIPretendingToBeHuman]

"They saw it coming but still couldn't avoid it." This assumes they wanted to avoid it. War has been good for the US, or at least our mythology would like us to believe.

[@chriscain7333]

You made yourself a nation from a fully surplus economy to a deficit ridden struggling superpower, and here you are talking about "war has been good", war is only good if you can get more than what youv put in, have you managed to at least do that? No. How is war good?

[@agamliandy7843]

​@chriscain7333 war has been good for the elites and the MIC and def contractors, and that's all matters.

[@chriscain7333]

@@agamliandy7843 well the military industrial complex has always been there, doing the same thing from day one, with all honesty imho they are not the major problem in terms of the US as a nation, e.g the marshall plan, was extremely successful and the US benefited heavily upon, one could even argue marshalls plan solidified the very foundation of the superpower.

[@agamliandy7843]

@chriscain7333 The difference is when those people with interests use war as a way to siphon and distribute wealth among themselves. Trillions dollars of taxpayers' money for endless wars fighting "boogeyman" Washington being called washing town for a reason.

[@paulmartin2348]

@@chriscain7333 Yea, good point. After saving the fairly worthless continent from being obliterated, then the US became the main reason that it was rebuilt. Should have just left that burned out wasteland as it was. If they are not intelligent to stop creating world wars then they are not worth the effort required to keep around.

[@Jeremiah-ml5ke]

When Elon says things such as "we blah blah blah" don't you stop to wonder for a second who he is refiring to? He is in a class all his own

[@remcovanvliet3018]

Truly. There wasn't a bus short enough to take him, so he was home schooled.

[@ElonMusk-iw1lg]

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[@ElonMusk-iw1lg]

@@remcovanvliet3018 Hello. I want to personally thank you for your support and love. I've seen a couple of your likes and comments on my fan pages. You're not just a fan, you're family. The future can be yours if you believe it. You're loved. 🚀🚀

[@topazure74]

Yes he is, he is the biggest idiot that does nothing but blow his own horn, trying to convince everyone he is smart. He isn't. All he ever says is blah, blah blah & people are getting wise to it because it means nothing except that he is tarded.

[@MatthewSmith-cp3hu]

it is relaxing to listen to elon

[@topazure74]

I didn't know that listening to a complete idiot was anything except annoying.

[@flyingfoxes.]

I love how positive he is about the US. Reminds us to be grateful about this great country. If only the politicians could stop dividing us

[@henrycarlson7514]

Interesting , Thank You .

[@Liberty-Vault]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@tmac9938]

​@@Liberty-Vault mention the Lex Friedman podcast next time

[@ElonMusk-iw1lg]

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[@ElonMusk-iw1lg]

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[@tmac9938]

@@ElonMusk-iw1lg what a bot

[@youtoob1811]

The UK took over countries with might, the USA learned you didn't need to do that and could take over a country with economics. China is doing exactly that - see Belt/Road Initiative (BRI). So, they're ALREADY taking over the world by hoovering up countries in Africa, and elsewhere - investing in projects across Europe too. It seems to me, The West is complicit in the rise of China, the UK for example is a subscriber to the BRI project. So when we talk about "doing something about it". Yes, we could, we could cut them off economically, but the greed machine of corporate investors will not accept any loss in their bottom line - thus capitalistic forces prevent China being stopped. China is our fault - or at least our leaders, both business and political.

[@oh_rhythm]

Hear hear

[@donn.4766]

So how is it wrong that they are being successful business wise?

[@youtoob1811]

@@donn.4766 - I never said it was wrong, but it is "bad" from the perspective of people who live in The West, because our quality of life will diminish.

[@donn.4766]

@@youtoob1811 so you dont want to see anyone else in the world thrive and be successful? There is enough resources, food and energy for everyone to be comfortable. Others being successful shouldnt hinder your life. Its the leaders and people in power that keep others down.

[@fargr5926]

You are an imperialist yourself.

[@jonasscheuer7639]

Elon Musk - a brilliant man. He has a unique way with words, managing to describe pure substance, no ego rhetoric.

[@pennytull6459]

Sun Tzu's, "The Art of War" 5th Century China. 1. The art of war teaches us not to rely not on the likelyhood of the enemy 's not comming but on our own readyness to recieve him; not on the chance of his attacking, but rather the fact that we have made our position unassailable. BRILLIANT STRATEGY THEN AND NOW. STILL WIDELY READ PUBLISHED AND AVAILABLE. GOOD ADVICE FOR LIFE IN GENERAL. Thank you for this interview, I always enjoy Elon Musk, and will check out this book.

[@JubilantJaguar]

its actually 5th century BC

[@Eagle-gl7bq]

@@JubilantJaguarthis is a famous Chinese book, so no problem, he will still find this book accurately.

[@JustChill-zd4ib]

You don't need to read books to figure this shit out... It's obvious.

[@thomaspreston33]

"Justice to the left of you, justice to the right, speak when you are spoken to, but don't pretend you're right. This life's not for living, it's for fighting and for wars, no matter what the truth is, hold on to what is yours." Song by Yes "Hold On" 1983 (Anderson, Rabin and Squire.)

[@GordonFalt]

Yes and the Dead really have the best lyrics out there. Little more advanced than T Swift

[@Thewhippedhippie]

Outsider looking in: Advancement stresses humanity. Maintain and sustain is all that’s needed for humanity to succeed. Greed is the catalyst. Napkin note:

[@zoro2Real]

advancement helps humanity

[@Thewhippedhippie]

@@zoro2Real it’s like a Hollywood drama with the weapon advancement.

[@TechnoMinarchist]

It's not greed it's need

[@Thewhippedhippie]

@@TechnoMinarchist war weapons are greed incentives

[@ElonMusk-iw1lg]

Hello. I want to personally thank you for your support and love. I've seen a couple of your likes and comments on my fan pages. You're not just a fan, you're family. The future can be yours if you believe it. You're loved. 🚀🚀

[@joeb9341]

Lex is one of the best interviewers of all time

[@julieshaffer7140]

We need a hero. A super intelligent person that has the qualities to negotiate at top level.

[@PP-vf1kx]

…negotiation between a super intelligent and a tyrant? 🙄

[@Freefolkcreate]

People just think they are adversaries, they are all working for total communism. "The highest art of warfare is not to fight at all but to subvert anything of value in the country of your enemy until such time that the perception of reality of your enemy is screwed up to such an extent that he does not perceive you as an enemy." - Yuri Bezmenov

[@jimmyconway8025]

No they are not! Why are millions leaving? So many groups against CCP and Han Chinese it's crazy!

[@umoplata]

exactly it's all pro wrestling

[@umoplata]

truth is I get the feeling that the plan is a centralized gov powered by high powered Ai and meritocracy style global gov is the plan.. certainly not fighting eachother on a high level.. and that may be for the best look America/ europe / Canada today.. disaster

[@michaelpilos]

Beautiful Mind! ❤️👌🏼

[@LeeTrimble-c4t]

Why is it people are so jealous of a man that is this smart.People should look at him as a great man that has and is helping everyone. Look at what all he has done its just unbelievable. Just listen to him and see for yourself how a man like him has changed the world.

[@LeeTrimble-c4t]

Ben the way if you live in a rural area you should look into starling it is the best internet I have ever had and it's a third of the cost of my last internet.

[@jussie8015]

Where is the link to the original video?

[@kalsangdorji8160]

Very wrong fact about China’s inquisition. Communist China occupied Tibet and killed more than a million Tibetans. There are so many Tibetan refugees now third generation but still refugees struggling because of China’s occupation of Tibet.

[@陈迪-x1d]

bull shit~~

[@harrywang2633]

How can China occupy Tibet when Tibet has been a part of China for centuries? It’s like saying you occupied your own limbs. It is just a propaganda and disinformation campaign pushed by the military industrial complex.

[@BaronTormunda]

I have been to China. He is not wrong.

[@robertocanales1201]

Excellent interview 👌🏼 Thank both of you ❤

[@johngalt5411]

Some say the American civil war was a matter of economics. But when I propose that as a possibility to my friends they don’t want to hear it, they assert it was only to release the slaves.

[@castirondude]

He who wins the war, writes the history books

[@mickmc1705]

Let's just say MS was the richest state before the Civil War and now it's one of the poorest. Cotton was king indeed. All about money and power.

[@dr.strangelove5708]

Ahh it was both but slavery was used as the justification for the real reason, it was unfortunate that ended up being the solution.

[@mefobills279]

The Civil War was about the Morrill tariff. Lincoln as soon as he had treasury issued greenbacks could have rebated the South. Acts of kindness rather than punitive. The north wanted to industrialize and the south didn't want to be taxed.

[@thomasdaniels8556]

Didn’t want to pay the going labor rates

[@belincentgidke4536]

It may be worth mentioning that over the last several thousand years, China or that region had the largest economy for most of that time except for a couple of hundred years.

[@D_stranger7]

Indo China region you mean

[@gordo1840]

Like Elon a lot. If the mainstream press actually got the facts straight before jumping on a headline the world would be a better place. less people would be using social media to try to get some truth.

[@user-ff7lj5mm1x]

Taiwan is a country. Not a "state of china"

[@frogonly1204]

America South was and is a part of America. They were once separated by Civil war. The North won the Civil war and America South was reunited and become one America again. Taiwan was and is a province of China, and separated by a civil war. The civil war is still in progress, even though it is not currently active like the Russia-Ukraine War and Israel-Gaza War.

[@user-ff7lj5mm1x]

Taiwan is a country. Nationalists went to Taiwan, CCP was formed after their departure. Sad to see such a lame false equivalency.

[@VivienJ-r3u]

Taiwan has freedom of speech but China doesn’t have. Taiwanese passport can go to more countries easily than Chinese passport. Those are facts!

[@Rockiii9]

Elon claims to have studied Chinese history, yet states that China has never been “acquisitive”. Apparently, he somehow overlooked China’s Yaun Dynasty, the most acquisitive power in history. Likewise, China’s neighbor Vietnam serves as a good example of China’s acquisitive nature, having been colonized & otherwise overlorded for a millennium, starting with the Han Dynasty in 110 BC. Or, how about Qing Dynasty occupation & control of Korea? As for the CCP, China’s invasion & annexation of Tibet in 1950 is the very definition of acquisitive. Of course, Elon could never openly discuss that if he hopes to continue doing business in China.

[@Wangster007]

Absolutely and all students of history know. However it's true of the current China, give or take a Filipino island or so, which they shouldn't

[@tsaaman]

We are talking about the current China’s governance which has nothing to do with American imperialism or soft power domination. China looks at other countries as partners for economic growth in a peaceful way!

[@AngelaSmith-me7et]

China Building ,railroad and highway are impressive in looks, but there is a problem. Building,railroad and highway are not safe. Elon needs to speak the full truth. All their building and highways are all collasping. They do quick labour and its unsafe. He has his Telsa business in China so i guess he does not have the power to speak negatively about China. The chineese govt would kick him out. So he has to speak well of China.

[@Jindinhackerhelp]

Go there and see for yourself. Don't listen too much on the fake news

[@jianbiaogao8280]

Do you have any data to back you up? No?

[@Alexander-vo4gv]

they are not "all collapsing", you're just brainwashed

[@jianbiaogao8280]

That problem is only in your mind. Okay, please show me some data. How many buildings collapsed? How many do they have? How many buildings collapsed in the USA? How many do they have?

[@ILLLITERATE]

Tofu dregs

[@Hongstar888]

Elon Musk talks alot of intellectual truth and smartly spoken 👍

[@Dunemouse]

The US wasn't acquisitive? The US could have conquered the world at the end of WW2? This guy should just stick to rebranding stuff.

[@lempiraa]

Makes one wonder if any other of our ancestors had written about their battles but those texts were lost in the burning of the library of Alexandria

[@bluewater454]

We created this monster. We fed it, coddled it, educated it and looked the other way when it showed us its evil nature. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[@donn.4766]

You mean we exploited their cheap labor and lack of work laws, and now that they are getting ahead and we are complaining. Its like a guy who owns a mechanic shop, he pays his mechanic crap for doing all the work, and the mechanic slowly learns the ins and outs of the business and opened up a mechanic shop in the same town that is better and more successful, and the owner is now crying because his old shady ways aren’t working anymore. China hasnt dropped any bombs on other nations last i checked.

[@notjustanyuser]

Well USA clearly benefitted from moving all manufacturing to china. It helped to bring the cost/inflation down. In a sense it helped USA to achieve prosperity at a faster scale. So don’t act like USA did it out of kindness.

[@bluewater454]

@@notjustanyuser Where did I say we fed the monster out of “kindness”? Of course we benefited from it. It was a useful monster.

[@TD-yj8ch]

Monster? U look at yourself in the mirror? America has almost a thousand military bases around the world and has completely encircled China. China has no foreign military bases and has not attacked another country in over 40 years. Even that one was its neighbor. What stupid comment.

[@sandrawarner4981]

Intelligent interviewer! Well matched!

[@petervote7914]

The history of the war between Sparta and Athens as presented in Graham Allison's book is not correct. See Prof Jonathan Kirshner criticism of Allison.