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[00:00:02][music] >> Hey guys, welcome to the Liberal Hive mind on a channel solely focused on exposing the abundant hypocrisy of the left. And here's the meme of the day brought to you by fivemind.com. You know, it's moments like these that for me really put the pernicious thinking of the left into clear crystal perspective.

[00:00:19]When you listen to the left, the way they paint themselves, it's always as the good guys, you know, they're kind and compassionate. They're interested in equality or equity these days, which of course kind of speaks to the dangerous path that they're on. But you know, there just seems to be this assumption that oh, you know, it's just the benign left. You got the left and you got the right. But folks, there is nothing benign about the left. Now, maybe for the last few decades, you know, they've struck a good balance as corporate Democrats. They weren't yet full-blown authoritarian communists, but that never actually lasts and left-wing collectivist thinking always leads to the exact same dystopian endpoint. They sell this image of themselves as just being compassionate and oh, the people.

[00:01:00]But behind all the flowery talk about fairness and helping the little guy is almost always something much darker and much more selfish. And that's what we're seeing with the left-wing's rhetoric in relation to Elon Musk reaching a trillion-dollar net worth. All of a sudden, you're hearing the quiet part out loud. Really, what we see with the left is envy dressed up as virtue. It's this desire to control what other people are allowed to build, what they're allowed to keep. It's the same breeding ground that leads to class warfare and these antagonistic classist narratives.

[00:01:29]And time and time again, when you go down that path, well, like I was saying earlier, it's never benign, now, is it?

[00:01:35]No, when you look at history, this mindset never leads to a beautiful utopic equal society. It leads to stagnation, poverty, authoritarianism, starvation, and subjugation. I want to show you guys a clip here that I think really speaks to what I just said earlier, you know, saying the quiet part out loud. Let me show you guys what I'm talking about. We got some stuff to get into, so let's roll the tape. All right, folks, so just take a look at this CNN segment right over here.

[00:01:58]>> Should be some checks and balances in this society. People should not be allowed to be have a trillion dollars.

[00:02:03]>> No one human needs that much. No one human needs >> Do you think that these ultra-wealthy people, I'm not talking about people with 10, 15, 20, even 100 million dollars. I'm talking about people who are approaching a trillion dollars. Do you think that there is more that they should be doing to give back to the societies that helped them get rich? Elon Musk and SpaceX benefited from tens of millions of dollars in government contracts and deals that allowed them to become the company that they are today.

[00:02:33]>> You know, absolutely freaking insane rhetoric. And the fact that they're saying that stuff with a straight face, that they don't realize how pernicious what they're saying is. That one clown that Abby Phillips keeps bringing back on her show, Carrie Champion, she says, "People shouldn't be allowed to have a trillion dollars." As if that's some sort of a clever policy take. But, my friends, that is pure classist hatred dressed up as morality. Honestly, every time I hear that kind of rhetoric, I think the same thing. You want to put a cap on how much wealth a certain individual is allowed to create? Who the do you think you are to decide that? I mean, seriously. Who gave these people the right to tell other human beings how much they're permitted to build? It's the same tired, bitter, frankly economically illiterate garbage that the left is always pushing. They act as if Elon Musk is doing something evil. He's built this evil empire to enrich himself. He's sitting on money like Scrooge McDuck. Oh, man, all this gold and all these dollar bills stacked on top of each other in this massive vault doing nothing. Who does he think he is hoarding all that wealth? It is such economically illiterate communist gobbledygook, and it's completely detached from reality. The reality is that capital is being spent. It's being used to build factories, to hire thousands of Americans, to give them good-paying jobs, to develop new technology, to push entire industries forward, industries that by the way are going to define the future of the world economy, which America is currently leading. You know how freaking lucky we are to have Elon Musk? You know, I think this clip kind of speaks to that.

[00:04:05]>> If Elon Musk had stayed in South Africa, none of you would know Elon Musk. I guarantee you that, I promise you that, and I will make the case tonight. None of you would have heard of SpaceX, would have heard of Tesla, would have heard of Neuralink, nothing. Or him digging tunnels somewhere in the West Coast, nothing. Conversely, how come Elon Musk gets to the US, we know Elon Musk, we get these companies. What is it? What is it about the US compared to South Africa? So, I continue with my life.

[00:04:33]Eventually, the family decides to move to France if we're going to stay in Europe because of, you know, the old ties between France and Senegal, which used to be a French colony. And eventually, we make it to France, and after business school, I decided that France would be too small for my ambitions. So, after business school, I decided to go to America. So, in any case, I come to the US. First, I was working in in finance as a head hunter for companies like Google and Netflix before they became household name brands. Netflix was this tiny little company in the middle of nowhere South South San Jose. I would get lost going there so many so many times, and no one knew that Netflix would be this global brand today. Same thing with Google, just a few people working there. And I was doing extremely extremely well for myself. I was actually living my American dream. In this equation, the only variable that I'm seeing is the place in which these people happen or not. So, now I'm thinking it's not about the person. It must be about these places. So, Africa is the poorest region in the world because it happens to be the most over-regulated region in the world. It is the region in the world where entrepreneurs are not free to enterprise, and it shows.

[00:05:36]>> We shouldn't be demonizing Elon Musk or demonizing the system that enables someone like Elon Musk. We should be happy that America is the only place where Elon Musk could create the groundbreaking technology that he is, creating the innovation that's going to lead the world's future. It's just disgusting and dishonest rhetoric and especially when these people are saying, well, oh, it's too much money for a person to have. He should be helping people with that money. Well, again, first of all, this money's not just sitting idle. It's actively creating value and being reinvested into the economy. It's actually creating value and helping millions upon millions of people. So, that of course is a complete misunderstanding and misrepresentation.

[00:06:11]But, then comes the major talking point that I think really is where it left wing economic thought just completely falls apart. Because what's the alternative here? Oh, Elon Musk should be helping people how? By giving you his money? By giving Washington bureaucrats his money? Is that really the argument?

[00:06:27]Government and bureaucrats are known for squandering money, wasting money, not being able to actually create productive and innovative outcomes with said money.

[00:06:37]And so, what these people are asking for essentially is to rob Elon Musk at gunpoint just under the guise of government taxation, give us your wealth, so that then bureaucratic forces can allocate that money, which they believe they can do better than the free market. You people are utterly freaking delusional. And also, as if Elon Musk isn't contributing enough on both aspects, by the way. In the private sector, the way he's creating jobs and technologies and companies, creating wealth for all kinds of people as well.

[00:07:05]Then on the flip side, he's the biggest taxpayer in American history. He's paid billions of dollars in taxes. But, according to these dorks, what, it's not enough? He should be benevolent and just give it all away? No, the money actually belongs in his companies and in his possession because he has a proven track record of actually doing things and creating value with the money. The alternative is what? He should just give it away to the useless dregs of society?

[00:07:32]Oh, yeah, I'm sure the bottom 1% is going to do great with Elon Musk's vast fortune. What are they going to do? Buy flat screen TVs and freaking pineapple Kool-Aid jars with it? Give me a freaking break. And let's be absolutely real where this rhetoric always leads.

[00:07:46]It never stops, right? It never freaking stops. America already has one of the most progressive taxation systems in the world. People are taxed already way too much, but the argument is no, we need more. Give us more. But does it ever really stop? I mean, we got to the point where we're at today after decades of this same kind of, you know, increased tax encroachment. And it just keeps being pushed further and further and further until, you know, the government controls everything. It's nothing but massive unions controlling all elements of industry. Just layers of taxation to the point where people are keeping like 30 cents to the dollar of what they earn. Basically, just look north of the border at Canada. In other words, it never freaking stops. And then, of course, it leads to the same thing every single time. The exodus of talent, economic contraction, and inevitably, more and more centralized power in the hands of the Washington bureaucrats where inevitably the government becomes so powerful that, you know, there's no going back unless you have fight a freaking revolutionary war. And you know, I really want the message of this video to be a warning. I mean, heed the warning. Do not fall for these simplistic demonization of the rich narratives. They're built on nothing good. They're built on misery and jealousy and hatred. These over simplistic arguments. Elon Musk should help people. No, Elon Musk is helping more people than you freaking green-haired Starbucks freaks could ever are probably the dumbest, most vapid talking point. It's the billionaires.

[00:09:10]The billionaires, or I guess now the trillionaires, that are subjugating you.

[00:09:13]No, it's not. It's the bureaucrats. It's the lobbyists. It's the ever-expanding government. That's the biggest threat here. Those simply engaging in basic free trade and capitalism, creating real value, those aren't your enemies. Those are the people carrying the country forward. And you know, as crazy as the unappreciative nature of all of this, free market capitalism, the free pursuit of wealth, that is the backbone of the American engine that got America to where it is today. The greatest country on Earth with more opportunity than anywhere else on the planet. There's no system that works better, and yet you have these people that are trying to convince you that American capitalism is a force for evil. And actually, what we really need here is, I don't know, Marxism, Leninism. Yeah, as if that worked out great. Give me a freaking break. And of course, again, that is where all of this is headed to. That's where this rhetoric always leads. And so, that's why I say it's not just left versus right. It's authoritarian, big government control versus freedom. This, we're on the slippery freaking slope, folks. When you start punishing people for creating too much value, when you start demonizing those who are doing the most, you don't make society more equal.

[00:10:19]You don't usher in a beautiful utopia.

[00:10:21]Actually, what you do is just make everybody poorer. That's what Democrats really mean by equality and equity.

[00:10:27]Well, then ask yourself, is that really what you want? A lower standard of living, but at least everybody has a lower your standard of living? No, I'd much rather a wealth divide. I'd much rather extreme wealth being generated and an equal opportunity for everybody to be able to get a slice of the pie.

[00:10:42]And obviously, what really speaks to this is that America's lower class is, well, richer than what, like 90% of the world's population? Don't fall for the snake oil, folks. Elon Musk reaching a trillion dollars is something to celebrate, not something to demonize and then build these narratives that his wealth should be confiscated and handed over to useless, unproductive, and in many cases, corrupt bureaucrats.

[00:11:05]Anyways, that's pretty much it. That's what's on my mind. Thanks for watching, and I'll see you on the next one.