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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Oops, dog stepped on the keyboard. Restarting..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I haven’t seen an article on this hypothesis, so I thought I’d jot it down.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Elon Musk wants make humanity multiplanetary. Maybe he really cares about that, maybe he wants to do mining or something else. In any case, he has poured a lot of money into Starship and is close to having that platform working. There’s this famous photo of early construction: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Here’s the photo <a href="https://www.livescience.com/spacex-starship-sn20-photo-history.html">https://www.livescience.com/spacex-starship-sn20-photo-history.html</a><br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/with-a-single-photo-spacex-sent-a-not-so-subtle-message-to-faa-regulators/">https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/with-a-single-photo-spacex-sent-a-not-so-subtle-message-to-faa-regulators/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><br>As the Arstechnica article explains, it was probably provided as a form of propaganda.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Since then, Musk bought Twitter and uses it as a platform to agitate right wing topics, especially among young men. Most recently, he spent millions getting Trump elected. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Blue collar jobs in the places like the Rust Belt have been on the decline for years, being displaced by cheaper labor and automation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>So, there’s a significant pool of available workers for building rockets, but scaling this all up is limited by regulatory oversight. One could see how Musk would want to engage these frustrated young men to displace such a government and replace it one with one that was easier to manipulate. Further, he can then employ them on a large government funded project where he is the sole contractor. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>In this scenario, Trump (or Vance, etc.) can (opportunistically) claim to be forward looking and concerned with the financial health of the working class. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>My question is: Where’s the Democrat’s answer to this kind public works project for young men with limited education? I suppose the IRA could do that, but the money hasn’t really started to be spent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Marcus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Friam <friam-bounces@redfish.com> on behalf of Marcus Daniels <marcus@snoutfarm.com><br><b>Date: </b>Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 7:33 AM<br><b>To: </b>The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com><br><b>Subject: </b>[FRIAM] Mars and Trump<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I haven’t seen an article on this hypothesis, so I thought I’d jot it down.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Elon Musk wants make humanity multiplanetary. Maybe he really cares about that, maybe he wants to do mining. In any case, he has poured a lot of money into Starship and is close to having that platform working. There’s this fairly famous photo of construction: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>