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Monday, December 06, 2021

Is Elon Musk today's Ayn Randian hero? Under aim to be cabined, cribbed, confined by Internationalist bureaucrats?

 Ars Technica link, republishing a Financial Times item.

Beyond the headline question should you read and say, "Yes," is it a good, bad, or too late a thing, Internationalists awakening their voices? As opposed to the question Ayn Rand featured early in the very long book, "Who is John Galt," should we ask, "Is Elon Musk John Galt's offspring?" Or Werner vonBraun's? Both together? Launching his Cherry Red Roadster in a space launch - because he could, while having a lead where Bezos might feel rocket envy?

UPDATE: What might Pynchon say? That being a question posed under the possibility that Musk might be Pynchon, where only his publisher and editor know. Mysteries abound. Such as is the Maidenform bra still sold (it is) and is it still popular among dreamers?

FURTHER: More mystery - Would the FBI need to get a court order before putting an Apple Air Tag onto your automobile? And if they did that without a court order would your only privacy remedy be suppression of evidence in a criminal trial, or could you sue and get a money judgment? An enough-to-retire jury judgment? Or would the entire question go away under state-secret National Security precedent, norms, doctrine, and practices?

Try this mystery question: What exactly did Pete Hegseth do while in the military assigned to Guantanamo detainee detail? Mysteries do abound. The Trump role re Jan. 6, you tell me, since Bannon wants to tell nobody? Mysteries abound and prosper. How about: Has there ever been a successful Sumo wrestler with a small butt? Or six-pack abs? Other questions are no mystery at all; e.g., who broke the headgear floor ban in the House of Representatives? (Ilhan Omar) Before her if you wanted to throw your hat in the ring, you could not do so in the House unless you carried your hat in instead of wearing it. Now, is it only religious headgear allowed, or could Odd Job wear his hat on the House floor, if elected from a House district?