Why Elon Musk Is Building a “Utopia” HERE

[@TheHustleChannel]

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[@Metal0sopher]

As you said this is called a company town, they were invented back in the 19th century. Most US cities started this way. It was a brilliant strategy. You pay people to work for you, you use those profits to build a town and then sell the houses to your employees, you own the shops, etc, so all the money you pay them, they pay you back. So essentially you have free labor. There is another YT channel "Knowing Better" that has a video called "Un American yet Totally American: Company Towns" that does a fantastic job with the history of US company towns. I highly recommend it.

[@NaStEric]

X-as formerly Texas

[@gluecksdrache2054]

Just a question regarding the sound carpet behind this great video: Do you think this is really necessary? Your journalist ist great, delivers details and doesn't need that distraction.

[@gotredeemed]

That area is some of the most beautiful land in TX.

[@TwstedTV]

If you want better information without being red-taped by security and Elon's company, just go to the department of buildings, pay $50, and get all the information including building plans and all. They can't do anything about it, because you are going to the government for the information, and by law, the government must provide it, specially department of buildings. You just need to give up your ID and fingerprint for security reasons. Other than that, you pay $50 and you get all the information. It's that simple. This way you know if there are any plans to build anything on those lots. 🤷‍♀

[@jjwwqq]

His obsession with Texas? There’s an “X” right in the middle of “Texas”.

[@Nova-m8d]

All his X's live in Texas?

[@DRAI-ow1nq]

@@Nova-m8d lol!!

[@garrykennedy5484]

hi from the middle of Ohio. 8)

[@salliewood1659]

Will he go away if we tell him it is Tejas?! He is trying to build a "company town" he wants permission to pollute the Colorado river. He is a dangerous dork. Can he move to Mars already?

[@jwrosenbury]

Clearly, Musk used his evil time machine to put the X there.

[@crawkn]

There's a big difference between a company town and a utopia.

[@jovanleon7]

Elon's company town would look like a Utopia where people want to stay forever.

[@crawkn]

@@jovanleon7 based on what? There was no evidence of that in this story.

[@jovanleon7]

@@crawkn you're right, I'm just speculating

[@madsam0320]

I’m speculating that it’s just another of his scams.

[@RAREFORMDESIGNS]

@@madsam0320 I'm speculating you are another Kamala supporter.

[@JohnHennessy-r2j]

6000 acres in Texas is a hobby farm.... King Ranch 825,000 acres, Brisco Ranch 620,000, Wagoner Ranch 535,000....etc. So 6000 acres is nothing.

[@user-erick007]

They will keep expanding

[@Throughthelurkingglass]

More'n u got🤠

[@patrickmcardle4771]

In England it's hafe the country. 😂

[@simonspiller592]

When Elon becomes multiplanetary, your little ranches are going to look smaller than nothing.

[@0matters]

@@simonspiller592 dude can't even save Twitter much less human race

[@Travisml3]

This is nothing new in Texas. Ross Perot created the whole Legacy area just for his company EDS.

[@MikeV8652]

...and didn't his son create Alliance?

[@Travisml3]

@@MikeV8652 yes, including an airport that made Meacham irrelevant.

[@petergamache5368]

Fitting, since Perot was the prototypical libertarian techbro long before they started popping up everywhere in Silicon Valley. Working class people may object to being governed badly but it's the obscenely wealthy (or those with delusions of wealth) that object to being governed at all.

[@needparalegal]

Red Necks actually work instead of just filing complaints with HR all day.

[@azumishimizu1880]

Still the GDP of Cali is far bigger than Texas and it will stay that way. Despite Texas having a rapid growth. Cali has far more valuable companies than Texas. Texas is a joke roach in the long run.

[@OsirisIxchel]

We caught Elon's act early here in San Francisco Bay Area. 😅 Elon Musk is 13.9 million dollars behind in his rent in S.F. Led by Musk and the cadres of sycophants who were internally referred to as the “transition team,” Twitter’s new leadership deliberately, specifically, and repeatedly announced their intentions to breach contracts, violate laws, and otherwise ignore their legal obligations. It’s no secret that Twitter isn’t paying many of its bills, including the rent for its headquarters. That was rumored last fall, but became much more clear when the landlords sued the company in January.

[@slaytronic]

which is why he is doing so well

[@benjaminhoyt1421]

Your sister won't marry you if you don't make enough money.

[@rlicon1970]

A lot of hard working Latinos as well. Just check how many people speak Spanish there. Just saying it takes a village

[@damham5689]

Utopia is an ancient Greek word means a imaginary place that does not exist.

[@MadDog-1961]

Etymology: The word "Utopia" was coined by Sir Thomas More in his 1516 book of the same name, which is written in Latin. "Utopia" is derived from Greek words: "ου" (ou) meaning "not" and "τόπος" (topos) meaning "place." Meaning: Therefore, "Utopia" literally translates to "no place" or "nowhere." However, in the context of More's work and subsequent usage, it has come to signify an idealized or perfect place, often imagined as a society possessing highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens. Conceptual Use: Over time, "Utopia" has been used to describe various visions of ideal societies, often contrasted with "dystopia," which describes an imagined society that is the opposite-deplorable and nightmarish.

[@1voluntaryist]

@@MadDog-1961 Well explained! It's necessary in a country of uneducated/"dumbed down" public ed victims. Less than 10% can pass a U.S. history/civics test; easier to rule over.

[@Winstonrodney6989]

@@MadDog-1961so far mankind seems to have been better at creating dystopias rather than utopias.

[@jaredjohansen2612]

29°36'59.0"N 99°31'36.0"W

[@TheJon2442]

Well if you are a Democratic politician... Washington is the goal!

[@elsimon89]

He didn’t ‘insinuate’ the article was false, he ‘stated’ the article was false. It’s important to be correct.

[@gregogrady8027]

Scumbag reporters think it is more important to lie.

[@jonasgranlund4427]

she say that at 7:11 and also show the tweet, cant be more clear than that.

[@nooneyouknow4312]

@@jonasgranlund4427 no.. she didnt.. She said insinuate. "To express or otherwise convey (a thought, for example) in an indirect or insidious way." "This article is false." is about as DIRECT and STRAIGHTFORWARD as that... I cant be more clear than that.

[@jonasgranlund4427]

@@nooneyouknow4312 I mean she show Elons Post from X where he stated that the Article was false, Im not sure how it can be much clearer than that of what Elons position is.

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Probably because it was

[@michaelrunnels7660]

When Elon writes "This article is false", you say that he is insinuating that the article is false. You need to look up and learn the definition of "insinuate".

[@DreaMeRHoLic]

I find it strange that in most articles about Elon you have to develop a "word filter" ignoring the adjectives that the media uses and just reading what happened AND THEN try to understand what's really going on. For example: In this case she goes to the HQ of one of Elons companies that he has brought most of the land in the area, just to make sure the company can grow without having to deal with people who buy land as an investment and maybe in 20 years they will say "you can buy it for 100x the marked value". Also... the Boring Company diggs something like "supply network tunnels" and for those who dont get it... Cybertruck is air tight and could use such tunnels on mars to connect colony's with each other (how ever this will look in the end... this is research for what we will face on mars). Over all i dont find it strange to see a "company town" because there are many all over the world, because the workers want everything as close to them as possible. He gives the people anything they need and this is an indirect blueprint for what the first people on mars will need. And remember... we have to bring EVERYTHING to mars at first. I really hate that "reporters" dont understand the basics but report on Elon like he's a evil mastermind, because they cant comprehend what and why he's doing what he does. SpaceX = get there and transport stuff in space The Boring company = Tunnels connecting mining sides and doing mining on the moon and on mars Tesla = giving humans e-cars that we dont have the energy for... but HE is the evil one for some reason (i thought they want this). Cybertruck is build out if steal just like Starship and air tight. Means you can use the Cybertruck on Mars AND it can be build out to Starship metal X = free communication for everyone to open dialogs for voices that get silenced (strange that the people who claim that they want to give voices fight against this) Starlink = internet on mars/the moon and live-streams from Starship launch, because of the satellite network that will get deployed by Starships to then add scanner satellites and all the other things that we need to "work" there.

[@Handlethis342]

Gotta love your standards on media but then reduce standards on political and social leaders. The hypocrisy is astounding.

[@replynotificationsdisabled]

CERN and most military sites are self sustainable nearly. ​@@DreaMeRHoLic

[@purposefully.verbose]

@@DreaMeRHoLic HAHAHAHAHA "cybertruck is airtight" - dude, if you slam the doors, the doors come apart. if you tow something, the hitch breaks the back of the frame off- as it's cast aluminum. you are clearly in the market for a bridge.

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Journalists love to play with language to insinuate things that are often not true

[@texomajohn2916]

Here in Texas we love Elon, hey California send us more of these guys

[@David-Lyman]

Oh Gwad, He is a really straight shooter! Duhurrr!!

[@nvarras7]

@@David-Lyman very progressive and elitist comment! Bravo! You must be a great human being!

[@brendajerez2235]

Trying hard, but they refused to leave.

[@stephensullivan1011]

Y'all hated him before he sided with free speech and bought Twitter. I lived there and had to defend him CONSTSANTKY *Sigh* Just saying.

[@gamegoof]

They come to you when they lose their minds

[@douglasmcneil8413]

So, it's an HOA owned by the company you work for. What could possibly go wrong?

[@JohnnyYuma-db4sf]

He is just following the Ford model... which means it will work until jews and blacks see how successful it is and then they will move in and ruin it. See Detroit now for details.

[@paulbrunner72GenX]

It's actually no different than the 15 min cities that ppl are hyping up. They are all just company towns.

[@mycosys]

@@paulbrunner72GenX thats quite a delusion. Community ownership is very different from monopoly, in practice.

[@me8042]

Anyone ever heard the phrase “company store”?

[@mycosys]

@@me8042 Yeah that was the bit i noticed prominently missing from the description of company towns. You would hope someone near F-Elon might have the sense to outsource & diversify the supply chain to at least avoid that appearance, but it appeared not to be a thought.

[@marleymarl0]

Trying to compare this to a “company town” where people worked 14 hour days and lived in dormitories is ridiculous. No one is forcing anyone to live here. I bet it would be awesome.

[@kenpe1455]

Indeed, trying to paint it into a bad light. Journalistic gas lighting. Do better Hustle

[@1voluntaryist]

Even in that "company town" young girls freely choose to start work, stay. They were "free to quit" but stayed because of discrimination elsewhere.

[@neriofrio]

Yes. Agreed

[@kdizzystl]

​@@kenpe1455Gaslighting is trying to convince someone that they are crazy or are the problem. Like an abusive spouse making the victim think it's their fault. She's proselytizing as most so-called journalists do.

[@JoelGrant-ie4ly]

"You load16 tons and what do get? Another day older and deeper in debt." Tennessee Ernie Ford

[@Tester24796]

Elon is really turning into a robber barron with the whole company town idea. I thought we learned our lessons years ago

[@sherlhoeppner2392]

Austin already has a housing shortage, which in turn is driving the mortgages and rents too high. Maybe he wants to do the responsible thing and provide affordable housing for his workers--he could build more to help with housing shortages for non-employees as well!❤

[@jameslmorehead]

Plus living and working in Travis County (Austin) is no better or only slightly marginally better than living in Comifornia.

[@citizenP-n5c]

It's not about handouts. It's for working Americans living in a reality of accountability and accomplishments. And safety too??? Sign me up!

[@TrineDaely]

He could, but he won't.

[@FreedomLovin]

Rents are down quite a bit and housing is down -20% YoY.

[@jameslmorehead]

@FreedomLovin with a -48.8pct drop in YoY volume. It's a bubble adjusting. Still off from the state's average by far.

[@giannaspadotto7534]

Building an amazing community for your employees, what a novel idea! Go Elon Musk!!❤❤❤

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Yeah, sounds horrible, right?

[@MrAuswest]

You might want to do your own research on how he treats his employees before you think about working for him - or letting any of your relatives do likewise, Not that many of them will be left once Optimus begins economic production level.

[@newdrew2744]

​@MrAuswest If you have to make a chapter explaining that someone should do research instead of making a chapter about what you know, then you should do some more research.

[@Seastallion]

​@@MrAuswest Such a thing would be incremental, starting with repetitive tasks. It wouldn't be all at once, and some jobs will likely never be replaced. At least not any time soon.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

Literally Demolition Man.

[@greghouston2521]

I believe one important reason for Elon is that Boca Chica/Starbase is the most energy efficient location achieve orbit in the continental US. It is only 26 degrees from the equator. Cape Canavaral is 28.5 degrees. The Cape is running out of launch capacity, even when Vandenberg is considered. Long term Starbase and more locations will also be needed. I lived in Bastrop when stationed at Bergstrom AFB in the 1980's. These locations are easier to travel between than currently.

[@angelinimartini]

I really hope an expansion is not allowed. Starbase is built on wetlands and wildlife refuge. The animals need places to go as well. All these launches already affect them and pollute the environment. Our dreams of space are cool and all but a balance has to be met. We are way out of balance and the effects are already being felt especially in our fishing industries.

[@chasl3645]

​@@angelinimartini maybe an island out somewhere with some sort of containment of the runoff and processing plant that purifies the water. I believe those should be around the battery farms as well.

[@jercasgav]

To all the people that don't seem to get why company style towns turn yuck, I would reference the coal mine company towns all over the USA like in Ludlow, CO etc (site of the Ludlow Massacre which changed opinion in the country on ensuring more rights for workers). They set up entire cities, and the company owned the grocery store, the pharmacy, etc. Employees were sometimes paid in a currency that had to be spent at company owned stores. They made the housing affordable too btw. This is reminiscent of company towns in the past, adjusted for modern day.

[@ash22ps]

He is building a township for the employees of his company. I don't know how much you know about this, but this is pretty common and nothing new. For instance, factories and plants get set up in remote areas (for various reasons), townships get built for the employees (because you know, it's remote), then slowly more people set up shop outside the township walls to sell things to the vast number of employees, and slowly a small town comes into existence. And if you keep at it and give it direction, over time you can build a whole city. I think that's his ultimate goal here, to build an X-city.

[@private_citizen]

Vegas.

[@xx133]

Yeah, they've never turned out well. everything is owned, monitored and run by the corp. Economy, ed system, etc is set up in a way where there's virtually no way out. It's a close loop system. They know how much people get paid, and adjust prices (rent, food, etc) to ensure that they are in debt.

[@imamyousomtimes]

gotta love that guy, - long live America!

[@jeeper2371]

"I OWE MY SOUL TO THE COMPANY STORE"

[@1966oldsguy]

Mining company towns were simply a method for the company to recoup most of the wages they paid their workers. Imagine making a dollar a day. Your house rent is .25, food is .25, water is .25 and your property tax is .25. Just traps you in a loop

[@mygirldarby]

Most workers ended up owing the company store money. They would "loan" the workers money for food until they got their pay and then charge them outrageous fees. The workers had no choice because their families were starving. Sad.

[@R.E.A.L.I.T.Y]

A dictators dream 😂😂

[@ChadBray]

For those of you that may ask. No it’s not The Colorado River. Texas has it’s own Colorado river. 2:16

[@tomkeyser8384]

Company towns. Your description of company towns is a little misleading. When they were building Hoover Dam, Boulder City was a company town. As a matter of fact, the original name of the dam was Boulder Dam. This company town was nothing like you described. In a 1955 it became a city

[@kdizzystl]

She knows what she's doing along with her many "run ins" with security. She's on private property freely moving around but that is lost on her.

[@77.88.]

where you expecting anything more than her ELON?

[@fetB]

@@kdizzystl exactly, the whole thing has a very sort of antagonistic attitude. Alone how she frames the fu-clip. Nobody in their right mind has a problem with what he said and in what context. You have to reframe to make it something bad

[@ericperkins3078]

Hershey, Pennsylvania?

[@doujinflip]

Boulder City began as a _government_ program supporting the likewise public project Boulder/Hoover Dam... it's essentially public housing gone right. It only became its own city decades later.

[@tommycollier9172]

Boomer here, Texas is no stranger to company towns All of west Texas Was developed by fossil fuel companies And they built towns for their employees

[@ilkyway5854]

If the beer I buy after work fills the pockets of my employer… I rather live abstinent.

[@yellads]

Goodbye Commiefornia. Well done Elon!

[@johnstreet797]

commiefornia, the land of the fruits and the nuts

[@xx133]

This is a dystopia and California is capitalist, not comm..

[@juancolina7654]

Elon’s town sounds like a dream!!!! All entrepreneurs should do the same.

[@phasematerialsresearch9319]

You’re simple and naive

[@a.m.9357]

😅😅

[@deal2live]

If some left leaning billionaire did similar would you have negative to say?

[@a.v.gavrilov]

😁😁😁

[@_taxman_]

They are, just look up "forever California" billionaire city, only difference is they are forcing farmers to sell and even suing them if they don't want to, typical leftist playbook.

[@alexmckenna1171]

Most billionaires don't have any dense of decency, so there aren't that many. Obviously. Greed goes to their heads..

[@davidanderson8469]

A left leaning billionaire would remain in California despite the draconian rules and regulations simply because Texas is a red state.

[@Fire-gd2oc]

You do not have greed? ​@@alexmckenna1171

[@forrestpasky]

Great piece. I retired to San Antonio 1.5 years ago after 30 years as an electrical engineer in the Silicon Valley. Texas is the place to make things happen.

[@Naya-p4x]

He’s building his own kingdom

[@TaipanTex]

Not surprising he's picked Bastrop. My mother and sister live in Austin. Land and home prices in Austin are ridiculously through the roof! Bastrop, only 33 miles from downtown Austin, and only 23 miles from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, has lots and lots of land at reasonable prices. Many people who work in Austin live in Bastrop because of way more affordable home prices.

[@leonardodalongisland]

Interesting story...one thing; there is no "And" in any numerical number. "$347," is "Three hundred forty seven dollars." This is a terrible habit the overwhelming percentage of Americans have.

[@luddity]

What's so terrible about it tho?

[@leonardodalongisland]

@@luddity If you have to ask "what's so terrible" about speaking improperly, than I'm not wasting my time with an explanation.

[@KutWrite]

Likely "Prufrock" is named for the poem "The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock," by ts eliot. "Themes: Alienation and Isolation: Prufrock’s inability to connect with others, particularly women, is a recurring theme. He is trapped in his own thoughts and insecurities, unable to overcome his fear of rejection and intimacy. Insecurity and Self-Doubt: Prufrock’s inner turmoil is characterized by his constant questioning of himself and his place in society. He struggles to assert himself and define his identity. Modernity and Disillusionment: The poem reflects the disillusionment and fragmentation of modern society, as Prufrock navigates the changing social landscape."

[@gloofisearch]

This is actually great info. It kind of reflects who Elon really is. Thanks

[@CHunt-cz1ek]

"Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each" It's clearly the mermaids. He wants to give them some children...

[@bridgetteendsley9420]

I’d love to work for Elon Musk!! I will always respect a boss that works like he does.

[@timmiller661]

By work, you mean playing on Twitter all day? Sorry, "X."

[@1voluntaryist]

@@timmiller661 Did you know how he slept on the factory floor, working 22 hours/day for months to save TESLA?

[@WJV9]

@@1voluntaryist - Did you know he lies almost as often as DJT? He is not an engineer he is a salesman and con man. The engineers at his companies have to try and create all the crazy ideas he dreams up including the Cyber Truck and FSD and RoboTaxi. How is Hyperloop doing? How about his Solar Roof company? How about the non-existent sports car he promised a decade ago? Hows the robots and AI coming along?

[@murraymadness4674]

You mean runs 3 corporations at once, so you only have him working for you 1/3 of the time?

[@Sarconthewolf]

I sold my soul to the company store

[@Kaodusanya]

imagine getting fired with no notice (as his companies have to thousands of people) and also losing your home.

[@gorkyd7912]

Why would you want to live there if you don't have a job at the company? If you work in Williston ND on the oil fields and lose your job are you going to stay in Williston? If you work at a Ford plant in Dearborn and lose your job are you staying in beautiful, sunny Dearborn?

[@luddity]

The company I work for also owns and runs the building I live in, but I have lots of seniority so I don't worry too much about it, and my commute to work is under 15 minutes. In the tourism driven community where I live, company housing is fairly common, since housing is hard to find or afford here otherwise, and jobs are hard to fill here if housing isn't part of the package. AirBNB is partly to blame but the Real Estate business is too.

[@kenbagwell8551]

Pretty sure the employees don't own those homes. It's probably part of their compensation to get to live there. There're not paying for it per se.

[@dancoffey8412]

And you're in Texas in a heat wave or blizzard with no power. That would be fun. Very "old timey."

[@chays19751]

Oooorrrr it could be that housing is a challenge for young professionals, companies don't want to keep them in hotels which doesn't encourage top talent to come to your job sites, and they need a place to stay until they can establish roots. Seems pretty simple and builds a team environment.

[@cbbcbb6803]

We have had company towns before. Do yall remember the song that Tennessee Earnie Ford sang? "You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt". "I owe my soul to the company store".

[@mgw5377]

Most small towns that were built started out as mill towns. Even the town I live in was like that at one point. The company owned the general stores and all that. Definitely not something new.

[@DistracticusPrime]

The big difference here and now is residents have a way to leave.

[@maggsvamp]

I don't get the fuzz. You have money, you buy land.

[@davidanalyst671]

"Here I am, reporting on Elons Utopia city" "7:08 here is Elon denying everything that I am trying to tell you he is doing"

[@j.d.4697]

Just remember never to offend his muskness in any way if you want to live in this utopia that is his divine presence.

[@zestiny_]

This could go really really well or really really badly but regardless its going to be fun to watch

[@derekclinton9438]

This reminds me of the "company towns" built during the industrial age. The problem is, if the company goes under for any reason, the town dries up.

[@russbutton9347]

Grab a drink after work? When you work for Elon Musk, there is no "after work."

[@freesk8]

Musk likes to hire people who really want to be doing what they have to do for work.

[@deviceinside]

That's not true. Folks can grab drinks after they get fired.

[@cratecruncher4974]

Likely why he wants them living so close. He probably discovered proximity matters at 4am in Boca Chica when a test went haywire.

[@havable]

@@cratecruncher4974 Sure. Also you can't just quit when you bought a house in the company town. What are you going to do? Work elsewhere?

[@arthurmorgan6087]

You can see SpaceX and Boring Co employees after work literally in the video

[@xander1756]

He's building a Utopia...ffs, he can't even build a pickup truck!

[@russellzauner]

Enjoy that power grid Elon lol

[@kirksway1]

If I remember correctly, I believe the houses are going to be rented for lower than market rate. I can only speak for myself but I think that's quite a perk.

[@Throughthelurkingglass]

3 HQs on one proeprty. He can build a hotel there and it would always be fulll, actual houses would be even better.

[@mymobile5014]

You did not drive 45 minutes south at all. Boring Bodega etc is almost directly east of Austin aiport.

[@thomasstevenrothmbamd2384]

Wow, you just have to love Elon Musk.

[@morgan1719]

Actual utopia isn't an ICBM magnet

[@TRAVIESO_NA]

Tech in Tornado 🌪️ Touchdown Texas, they better build these buildings Tornado 🌪️ Proof.

[@SelectCircle]

California: Ew! Prosperity? Oppose it! Drive it away. Prosperity is FASCIST! An economy creates INEQUALITY. 8 (

[@PrincessPeach-j2h]

I have always been obsessed with living in Texas

[@freesk8]

Then you must go.

[@IvarDaigon]

Why are all the buildings overgrown sheds?... Looks more like muskrat town..

[@donnamoll3159]

My husband says he would NEVER want to live that close to actual work. A few miles away is best.

[@dancoffey8412]

My father walked to work every day of his career unless he was traveling. He was fit and able to the end. It depends on the conditions of living as much as the distance. If you are required to sign a non-disclosure and swear loyalty then the living conditions are of little consequence compared to the freedom of action you give up. And what about the schools and libraries and access to diversity in the world?

[@troyrockwell7744]

That's his personal problem, preference.

[@etbadaboum]

Joe Tegmeyer literally drone the site regularly. Great journalism here.

[@thgserra]

It's not just in my country that journalism no longer exists, but in the whole world! The old media, the old press must cease to exist once and for all.

[@user-tx9zg5mz5p]

Elon Musk should take one of his rockets to Mars, permanently 😊

[@Gardensiren24]

Lol

[@mjk9388]

As a lifelong Texan, you're right, we love Elon Musk and welcome all his companies, jobs and Libertarian Ideas. For all the other billionaires out there, Texas IS the state to move to if you actually want to be welcomed and respected for what you bring to the table and have a beautiful place with land to call home. Except for Austin (where we've fenced in all the Liberals), we're all pretty pro-business here and we don't incessently fantasize about taxing other people's money. We're also very favorable in having no corporate taxes or income taxes. Howdy and welcome!

[@dahawk8574]

If Musk was a Libertarian, he would not suckle off the govt teats for a single dollar, let alone the billions that he does.

[@toast2969]

As an Aussie, Texas seems like the dream instead of not having the 1st, 2nd and 3rd amendment im sick of this country.

[@mjk9388]

@@toast2969 Most Americans love our Aussie Brothers, but in Texas we really do get along with them well. I think there's a sort of shared cultural experience with our past and present being more of a frontier land dependent on cattle starting out and very much having an agricultural/ranching roots. Never met an Aussie I didn't like. Texas would also be one of the last states to ever give up the 2nd Amendment.

[@toast2969]

@@mjk9388 I'd like to live in Texas when older, this countries Government is stripping our freedom of speech and rights slowly it seems.

[@havable]

"a beautiful place with land to call home" I've been to Texas. You're not fooling anyone. The Texas desert is bland compared to Arizona's or Idaho's.

[@jjamespacbell]

Remember Corporate housing means if you lose your job you lose your home. This has been done by industrialists for centuries.

[@gorkyd7912]

You lose your job you sell your home to move somewhere else just like every other city.

[@Native_Creation]

@@gorkyd7912 you can't just sell a corporate house

[@MrGaryGG48]

@@Native_Creation That's not much different than living in any other rental. When you move, for whatever reason, you look for a home somewhere else.

[@williamkreth]

If you were a single young person who loves tech this seems like an awesome idea

[@ThinkingOnTheRoad]

Fordlandia 2.0

[@andrewduenes1079]

Bastrop was a hidden gem among the millionaire ranchers, makes sense.

[@bobjoatmon1993]

What slanted journalism (subtle anti-Musk), first time viewer and certainly last time on this channel.

[@diggles27]

I hear Venezuela has some vacancies

[@bobjoatmon1993]

@@diggles27 so go there

[@niterunnerr]

Musk is building his vision for America, with one major omission, anyone who doesn’t fit in. The ultimate NIMBY

[@joyhall2736]

TEXANS ABSOLUTELY LOVE HIM!!!

[@user-lv5bt3nt3r]

We have these in Australia. Except ours are bigger. We call them "Mining camps'. Except every employee at a mining camp is on 6 figure salaries, minimum. And theyre not utopias. Only a few can stand the lifestyle for more than a few years.

[@homergee3381]

Allow billionaires to exist and you will become their slaves.

[@freesk8]

Prohibit billionaires by law and the politicians will enslave us.

[@danmc2678]

We already are, they hire psychologists to make you buy their products and you do.

[@Dimythios]

Company store policy. THIS IS DANGEROUS.

[@IvysAdventures2016]

Seems like hes doing a great job

[@stadtbekanntertunichtgut]

10 years in the future -> Musk creates his own country. He proclaimed himself president for life! 😁

[@carltaylor5359]

~ 7:00 min mark - His Tweet saying "This article is false" is not "insinuating" anything. He is point blank and bluntly saying the article is not correct, it is false, it is not true.

[@bh9262]

You Hava new subscriber!

[@rioluna6058]

hyperloop plaza hahahhahahahahahhaha

[@Hellooooooo989]

So monopolizing workers’ lives because people will be less willing to leave a bad job if their lives are entrenched -schools, friends, etc Feudal serfdom

[@gorkyd7912]

"We can't afford housing, please billionaires give us housing." When billionaires build worker housing:

[@freesk8]

Musk knows his workers can always leave. He wants to retain the best. So he wants them to be happy there.

[@Hellooooooo989]

@@freesk8 leaving a job when healthcare is tied to it is hard enough. Add on kids’ schools, a home community, etc.

[@freesk8]

@@Hellooooooo989 Government tax laws are what has tied health insurance to employment. This connection should be severed so health insurance is portable.

[@ssruiimxwaeeayezbbttirvorg9372]

All utopias ends the same - as dystopias.

[@traciedowning8566]

Snails are a favorite food for Musk turtles.

[@Viconius]

Way too much conjecture in this video. it's assuming they know his motivation and opinion, and craft a profile that they are selling. Even if I'm a fan of The Hustle, I'd be more interested in the information than her opinion. To each their own.

[@Cloneufc]

Stop spreading fake fear. He's awesome and he is doing more than our own government to help people.

[@wm9782]

I hope he can do what Walt Disney couldn't

[@gloofisearch]

What couldn't Walt Disney do?

[@caldodge]

Bastrop is a great location. Their Buc-ee's is yu-u-u-uge!

[@MegaLokopo]

I wish more companies would offer affordable housing for workers.

[@RecklessFables]

Look up the history of Company Towns. It isn't about affordable housing, it is about controlling your workers by limited their options.

[@MegaLokopo]

@@RecklessFables Look up the history of literally anything, it is always worse and worse the farther back you go. We live in the best time in history in the best country in history, it will only ever get better.

[@havable]

A mess hall in the Army is more cozy than that dining facility.

[@hilarywalton1143]

Cadbury and Guiness both had fantastic company towns. Might have called Cadbury’s a “utopia”

[@yellads]

Except they deal n addictions, whereas Musk deals in ambitions. Alcohol and sugar are poison

[@gorkyd7912]

And Ford has Dearborn. The company town has the moral values of its residents, like every other town. Elon can't make people believe anything.

[@jamesgoode9246]

At 0:45 -- Your watch must be confused. Bastrop County is much less than 45 minutes south of the Austin airport.

[@korreyfoisy1857]

Why do you automatically assume that the Lowell girls were forced to work 14 hours a day I think in that era it was normal to work 14 hours a day no matter what you did here they were giving up an opportunity for employment and equality in an opportunity to leave a lifestyle that perhaps they weren’t in favour of or leave a spouse that they were being mistreated by it’s ironic that you, characterize the early independence of women in this country in such a disparaging light

[@wanton_josh]

Have you heard of the concept of exploitation?

[@pansysutton4689]

On a farm you worked sun up to sundown.

[@dnguyen787]

He is so rich! Maybe he wants to buy the whole Texas, and make it a Republic of Elon Musk? LOL

[@gorkyd7912]

You can't buy Texas, it's a free state. You can buy California though. China has already picked up their government, judging by their dictator's reception there.

[@tomkeyser8384]

Elon is also in the tiny home business. Trying to create an affordable home. As a proof of concept. You seem to imply there's some kind of Nefarious implications here. If you work for Elon, would you want to have to drive to Austin every night to go stay in a hotel. I don't understand why you're picking on Elon, Google moved out of California too why aren't you investigating them

[@77.88.]

Shes a Wana Bee women leave her alone?

[@user-tx9zg5mz5p]

Feelings hurt 👶😂

[@slaytronic]

apple is moving as well so..... california will be a ghetto again soon

[@gloofisearch]

Oh, where did Google move to?

[@tomkeyser8384]

@@gloofisearch they moved their headquarters to New York but they're expanding in 19 other states

[@sv650rider]

This is a weird social commentary on the presenters jealousness of the fact that she will never be productive enough to live and work there.

[@ThembaMaselane]

Why are you hating on this honorable man .

[@Winstonrodney6989]

What makes him honorable? Money?

[@gorkyd7912]

@@Winstonrodney6989 What makes him honorable: not lying about other people for clicks on youtube.

[@freesk8]

@@Winstonrodney6989 How 'bout his achievements? Tesla cars? SpaceX? I'd say he's earned quite a bit of honor. More than you or I.

[@Winstonrodney6989]

@@freesk8 If that’s the way you calculate honor then ok. I calculate honor differently. I’m more about ethics and how you treat your friends, family and employees.

[@jeremys7231]

He is a wallet, not a brain

[@laststand6420]

Texas is the best.

[@Quidproquo07093]

Fact Check: Although Texas does not have an "individual income tax", there is a "corporate tax" in Texas, It's called the franchise tax, and it's based on apportioned Gross Receipts.

[@paulbrunner72GenX]

But it isn't a massive income tax for corporations.

[@jabreck1934]

Everyone pays individual federal income tax….. check with mommy and daddy!

[@Quidproquo07093]

@@paulbrunner72GenX Although the TX franchise tax is a relatively small rate, the fact that the franchise tax is based on Gross Proceeds means that a corporation with a NOL, which will not pay income tax in other states, will still have to pay the TX franchise tax.

[@Quidproquo07093]

@@jabreck1934 Thank you for showing everyone you can't read. Perhaps you forgot to wear your helmet when you boarded the short bus today.

[@cactuscanine3531]

Why move to Texas? Maybe those first two amendments to the constitution?

[@Trip_Johnson]

TL;DR: Elon Musk continues to do amazing things for humanity.

[@dougg1075]

I could dig the town, as long as everyone gets along:) I’m in a town right now and it’s just under 2k. It’s like the shire or something. But! We are not on top of each other either. When you go to the grocery store , you know every person in there . Nearly

[@bluceree7312]

Peter Santenello visited a few mining towns in Virginia or West Virginia or somewhere in the Appalachians where the mining companies would do the same for their employees - offer them places to live (dormitories) and even pay them in tokens (not money) that are accepted only in shops owned by the company itself. This meant that they were more like slaves than employees. Knowing Musk, I think he would love to do that and the only place this can be allowed in the US is in Texas.

[@ericperkins3078]

"Knowing Musk"??? How do you know Musk? Other than through the left wing media?

[@bluceree7312]

@@ericperkins3078 He has been a public figure for more than a decade - Yes, we all know what Musk is include to do/choose.

[@doug3691]

I found this to be well balanced and informative. Thank you.

[@cannotsay5505]

there was no news in this news story, ELON rocks...wish there were more like him and less of the Biden, Newsom, Harris varities