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You are a taker, not a maker. All you've done your whole life is take from the makers of the world

The zero-sum mindset is at the root of so much evil. Once it becomes clear that civilization is not zero-sum and is about producing far more than one consumes, the path to prosperity for all is to let the makers make

Regarding Tesla, the reality is that the speaker has been given nothing

However, if the speaker leads Tesla to become the most valuable company in the world by far and it stays that way for five years, shareholders voted to award the speaker 12% of what is built. Participation was available through Tesla stock ownership

If Tesla "merely" becomes a $1.999 trillion company, the speaker receives nothing. This was a great deal for shareholders, which is why they voted so overwhelmingly to approve it, and the speaker is immensely grateful

And they did so by a margin far greater than the margin by which a political seat was won