The value of things is pretty unmoored from from their prices, you know. We live sort of in a golden age of fraud, from trump on. And i'm not saying tessla is a fraud, but it does engage in some clever accounting and jut. The fact that it's worth as much as it is reflects this kind of unreality,. You see that in crypto all the time. It makes it harder than ever to sor through the bullshet jacob.
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