The Tech Lords are the Sharpest Knives in the Drawer

American Thinker ^ | 16 Jun, 2026 | Christopher Chantrill

[MtnClimber]

Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel and the rest of the tech lords are way sharper than Elizabeth Warren and Graham Platner and Scott Pelley and the woke NGO crowd.

I know that experts agree that our liberal and Democratic friends are the sharpest knives in the drawer, because education and credentials.

After all, how would they have got to be the ruling class without intelligence and cunning?

But in the last week, we have all started to wonder.

When the Democrats all sing in chorus about the evils of Elon Musk’s first trillion, as though he were a feudal lord with gold in them thar dungeons, you start to wonder.

When all the Democrats sing in unison about the splendor of tat-laden rich-kid Graham Platner, you ask yourself: really?

When California strangely promotes third-place Nithya Raman to second place in the sharp-as-a-tack post-election-day ballot counting, you ask: really?

When the Brits and the Irish finally start to riot about criminal migrant crime, you wonder how well knightly wonders like Sir Keir would do at a medieval tournament, setting their lances in a medieval joust. That’s what knights were, back in the day: mounted soldiers with fancy names.

Maybe, after a while, the sharp knives get to be blunt.

See, I had a bit of a revelation this week, reading P.J. O’Rourke’s book on Adam Smith. It turns out that the burghers in the medieval towns -- that’s the bourgeoisie to you lefties -- figured out a way to keep the feudal lords at a safe distance. As Google AI says, the burghers paid a fixed perpetual rent (or "farm") directly to the king or lords. In return, they won independence from the tyrannical feudal system, laying the groundwork for modern free markets.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: leftism

[MtnClimber]

I can’t imagine Elizabeth Warren ever inventing something that anyone would want.

[joshua c]

but she does

she invents lies to make collectivism look attractive

[ridesthemiles]

I CANNOT IMAGAINE COMPARING MUSK TO RAMAN

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Back in the 1930s, a lot of Nazis were pretty stupid. Certainly more stupid than the Prussian aristocracy and a number of Jewish industry leaders who were running Germany at the time. Yet the Nazis were organized, saw an opportunity with the Depression, were willing to use any means necessary to take advantage of it including murder, and ultimately came out on top. The Jews were murdered and the Prussian aristocracy rendered impotent and sidelined. Just cause Liz, and AOC and Hakeem and Grahan et al are stupid doesn’t mean they aren’t going to win. The Dems have proven throughout history that they are willing to use any means necessary including violence to achieve power. Hell, they formed the KKK and made common cause with Occupy Wall Street, BLM, Antifa and all the other rioters that push their causes.

[oldtech]

In my case it not only didn’t work, but I don’t think it ever will. She is phony to me.