The “We Wuz Kangs” movement is having quite the revival.
Mansa Musa stepped into leadership in an already thriving. Much of Musk’s wealth was built from scratch.
Now do King Tut...
I might add opening up the Solar System to human occupation means people can move away from other people they rather not co-exist with. Yep. I'm looking at you Mad Moe and your evil religious Mafia.
Mansa Musa owned and sold slaves.
It must be good to do that.
Tesla
If the Democrats let in cheap Chinese EVs to “save the planet”, the value of Tesla will drop fast.
SpaceX
Is the ability to put satellites in orbit fairly cheap worth even a trillion? Most people got along fine with fiber optic Internet, mobile phones, etc. before SpaceX became significant.
The Chinese will want the capability Space X offers, and they’ll make it themselves. China aims to be #1 on the good things of significance.
Folks, this is not correct. In terms of REAL EARTHLY WEALTH, Mansa Musa was much richer than anyone who ever lived, including Elon Musk.
Consider Elon Musk:
His Wealth is tied to volatile stock valuations.
He Cannot liquidate large amounts without collapsing the price.
Much of his lifestyle is funded by debt against his shares.
His “trillionaire” status is not liquid or tangible.
As for Mansa Musa… Some historians argue his effective purchasing power was equivalent to multiple trillions, because he controlled over half of the world’s gold supply at the time.
Mansa Musa had camels buckling under the weight of pure gold. Musk has a screen with a trillion pixels.
The article writer meant slavery.
Mansa Musa sat on top of a slave empire.
Mansa Musa’s wealth is a fanciful tale. IE a myth.