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Virgin Monk Boy's avatar

This read like a bedtime story written by a Jungian analyst who just took acid. And I mean that as a compliment.

You're absolutely right: we keep trying to fight hydras with spreadsheets, mistaking chaos for a glitch in the matrix instead of what it is—the new OS. Elon isn’t an outlier anymore. He’s the logical endpoint of a culture that confuses attention for intelligence and virality for virtue. If Trump was the firestarter, Musk is the one selling NFT marshmallows at the bonfire.

The Dragon King metaphor hits hard. And the scariest part? His superpower isn't money or intellect—it’s that he embodies both the parody and the prophecy of American exceptionalism.

Get ready for black caps, alright. Embroidered with QR codes that link straight to ego inflation and crypto scams.

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Pat Woodruff's avatar

This is one of your best ever, Jessica, and the writing is fun and engaging. I was aware. of the sand pile theory as it relates to finance, but had not heard of Didier Sornette. Maybe the Dems could put forward a reclusive but obnoxious prepper from rural Utah... or Florida!

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