Actual headline in major Canadian paper Globe and Mail: "SpaceX is set to make Elon Musk the first trillionaire. Here’s how to properly hate him"

[shockedcanadian]

Now, there may be reasons to demand more from the uber wealthy, however, this is the core tenet of the Canadian caste system. "How dare he become so wealthy when he was not born into it!?"

They cost me millions, perhaps tens of millions. Career interference that destroyed my life and cost Canada many jobs as it were. I am not alone but I am most aware while so many other unfortunate Canadian schmucks do not realize that they are being persecuted by covert criminals.

THIS is how the elite think in Canada. "Do not achieve on merit, innovate or drive the economy., Stay in your caste. If you are too smart for your own good, we will manufacture a threat and destroy your life from childhood to the grave if needed to keep you in line".

They hate Musk for his wealth without appreciating the effort he applied, the guidance and strict management demand for top talent to help him succeed. If it were up to them he should have hired only kids of low performing outfits and gone bankrupt long ago.

Opinion: SpaceX is set to make Elon Musk the first trillionaire. Here’s how to properly hate him

Whatever Musk’s accomplishments, it’s hard to construct a price-of-genius argument that justifies his often-malignant influence

www.theglobeandmail.com

Now that the SpaceX initial public offering is making Elon Musk all but officially the world’s first trillionaire, is it okay to despise him just for being one? To broaden the question, are the billionaires associated with widening inequality a bad look for capitalism?

There are competing schools of thought about the accumulation of wealth, among them the anarchist claim that “property is theft” and the Gordon Gekko theory of greed as a star-spangled virtue.

It’s a lot easier to subscribe to Gekkonomics when you view capitalism as a poker game where there’s no guarantee that one player won’t end up with all the chips. That’s an unequal outcome, but it’s not an unfair one as long as everyone plays by the rules. Indeed, an equal distribution of the chips would be unfair if one talented player deserves to win them all.

The weakness in attacks on extreme wealth is their focus on the normative – what’s fair, how things should be – rather than the consequential. Jeff Bezos’s US$500-million yacht and its US$75-million support vessel are “obscene”? Well, they’re not obscene to Mr. Bezos or to lots of other people. And where is it written that Mr. Bezos has no right to be obscene?

 

[Cassandro]

The first step towards Canadian rehabilitation is for Alberta to establish its independence. Once that happens, Canadians will become unable to focus all the blame for their economic problems on the US.

 

[shockedcanadian]

The first step towards Canadian rehabilitation is for Alberta to establish its independence. Once that happens, Canadians will become unable to focus all the blame for their economic problems on the US.

If the economy collapses and we do not get USMCA completed, the risks of Canada separating will increase significantly I suspect.

Otherwise, Albertans will feel afraid to separate. It is similar to Greenland. Many would like to be a part of America but the Dutch don't want to lose what little assets they have in the world.

 

[Cassandro]

If the economy collapses and we do not get USMCA completed, the risks of Canada separating will increase significantly I suspect.

Otherwise, Albertans will feel afraid to separate. It is similar to Greenland. Many would like to be a part of America but the Dutch don't want to lose what little assets they have in the world.

Can the rest of Canada prevent Alberta from separating?

 

[shockedcanadian]

Can the rest of Canada prevent Alberta from separating?

Technically, no. In actuality, the government will not allow it and it would require international recognition and lobbying by them to the U.N and other organizations to be recognized.

Ultimately, if the U.S says "we will recognize the will of the people of Alberta as a separate nation" it would be difficult to prevent the recognition. They would have to create their own currency, and/or ask the U.S to share their currency.

That is at least how I imagine it would unfold if they intended to be successful.

The referendum results in 1992 for Quebec is still viewed by some Bloc Quebecois as suspect, the final tally just less than 1% from separating. The truth is that even if they had succeeded in that referendum the federal government had a contingency plan, including demanding repayment of debt right away and other proceedings to prevent the move. What would Quebec do? They don't have an army and Clinton was ambiguous at times, other times they tried to signal their support for a confederate Canada.

BREXIT was unique. The one strength Alberta has is that they have been subsidizing Ontario and the East for some time in transfer payments. I am old enough to remember however when newspapers in Ontario kept complaining that we were providing transfer payments to the West and citizens called them "welfare provinces" and such. That was back when we were a manufacturing powerhouse.

Oh how times have changed.

 

[Darkwind]

The more I read and hear about Canada, I really begin to question why we have an open border with this third world country called Canada, or as I fondly refer to them as, "Kanucistan".

 

[shockedcanadian]

The more I read and hear about Canada, I really begin to question why we have an open border with this third world country called Canada, or as I fondly refer to them as, "Kanucistan".

Many of us are worth saving.

If America pushed a policy that would allow Canadian-born citizens (not those born outside Canada) who wish to apply for asylum due to state persecution, you would save perhaps 10s of thousands of high performers who want out.

Just as the most ambitious citizens of the Soviet Union were destroyed by the unimpressive police state agents, we are facing the same. I am lobbying the Canadian government to address this before it is too late and Canada collapses.

 

[Darkwind]

Many of us are worth saving.

If America pushed a policy that would allow Canadian-born citizens (not those born outside Canada) who wish to apply for asylum due to state persecution, you would save perhaps 10s of thousands of high performers who want out.

Just as the most ambitious citizens of the Soviet Union were destroyed by the unimpressive police state agents, we are facing the same. I am lobbying the Canadian government to address this before it is too late and Canada collapses.

Fair enough.

I'd institute a policy that by X date, all Canadians who wished to flee their dictatorship could go to any US Embassy with proof of their citizenship and apply for political asylum. When approved, they could then present the approval to any border guard and be granted entry into the US.

It would go well if the individual had the sort of skills that would land them gainful employment, such as the Trades or even a professional degree and license.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Fair enough.

I'd institute a policy that by X date, all Canadians who wished to flee their dictatorship could go to any US Embassy with proof of their citizenship and apply for political asylum. When approved, they could then present the approval to any border guard and be granted entry into the US.

It would go well if the individual had the sort of skills that would land them gainful employment, such as the Trades or even a professional degree and license.

Think of this. Elon Musk was once a Canadian, he or his mother may still be. He once attended Queens U I believe, but obviously left some time ago.

I joke, only partially, that if he had remained in Canada he would be working in a warehouse somewhere today and some cops son would be his manager.

If he rubbed shoulders with the right masters he might one day graduate to warehouse manager himself.

He is now going to be part of the largest IPO in history and may become the first trillionaire. That does not happen in Canada by any stretch of the imagination. Our loss is Americas gain, once again.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

These are the exact same people who made “countering hate” their entire identity. They were the first to plant “Hate Has No Place Here” signs on their lawns. They insist “hate speech isn’t free speech.” They proudly fund groups like Hope Not Hate and Stop AAPI Hate.

Yet here they are publishing a guide on “how to properly hate” Elon Musk for the crime of building SpaceX into a company that could make him the world’s first trillionaire. Proof positive that their “anti-hate” crusade was never about hate. They are, in reality, full of hate. It was always about who they’re allowed to hate

 

[DGS49]

The first matter that Leftists should be disabused of is that "inequality," is a problem, or even that it is a "thing." It arises from two distinct factors: First is economic ignorance. The unspoken belief is that a nation's wealth is a commodity with fixed limits. If this is the case, then when one person accumulates "too much" of it, then there is less to go around for everyone else, and "we" are all victims of that person's success. This economic fallacy is particularly absurd when wealth is measured by the "value" of common stocks. Common stocks are LITERALLY WORTHLESS(!). Their value is a pure construct, made of nothing but hopes and expectations. If a company in which you hold stock goes bankrupt, then you, as a common stockholder will get something between a penny or two on the dollar and nothing at all. Everyone else...the Government(s), creditors, bond-holders, lawyers...gets what is coming to them first, and the common stockholders split what is left - usually nothing.

If Elon Musk were to die suddenly - God forbid - then the value of his stocks would evaporate INSTANTANEOUSLY, if not down to zero, then damn close to it.

The second issue with the "inequality" problem is envy. It is fueled by envy, which politicians exploit at every turn. And envy is not only one of the Cardinal Sins, but it produces no good result. Not motivation, not happiness, not satisfaction.

And the problem with focusing on inequality is that it distracts attention from the real problem of endemic poverty, which is something you can get your teeth into, unlike inequality.

Unfortunately, the Federal Government is prohibited by Article I and the Tenth Amendment from dealing directly with endemic poverty. That is up to the States and the PEOPLE. Sorry.