14: Pete Hegseth

Slow strangulation by overregulation https://t.co/irvVhgu7TK

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 14, 2025

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 14, 2025

Of course that's your contention.

You're a VC associate turned wildfire expert, just got done reading some American Dynamism, probably @pmarca?

Next, you'll be talking about the 2014 water bill, the smelt and blaming Newsom til you realize... pic.twitter.com/xje7eIpQo8

— Bill Clerico (@billclerico) January 13, 2025

Slavery is still practiced in some parts of the world pic.twitter.com/9jWXiktrBV

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 12, 2025

13: Europe

Just wanted to express appreciation for President @realDonaldTrump and so many people, both inside & outside of government, supporting @DOGE.

I am confident that the American people will be happy with the outcome.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 13, 2025

A 2T Cut https://t.co/0dstvf4AMe @VivekGRamaswamy

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 13, 2025

I love it when people tell me about typos in a new essay. It means they've actually read the essay, which puts them in the top 5% of people commenting on it.

— Paul Graham (@paulg) January 13, 2025

A Next-Generation Tech Incubator https://t.co/5hlacTTQGe

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 13, 2025

Make
Europe
Great
Again

MEGA!!! https://t.co/P0anzzjbOc

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 12, 2025

I’m excited to introduce Collate and announce our $30M seed round.

We’re using AI to help solve one of the biggest problems for life sciences companies — the never-ending cycle of document creation and maintenance you need to do to stay compliant.

While running my first…

— Surbhi Sarna (@SurbhiSarnaSF) January 13, 2025

Congrats. That's large for a seed round.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 13, 2025

I really appreciate all of the kind messages and concern.

But don’t worry about me, or my animals, and certainly not my house. I would rather you focus all of your thoughts on these heroic firefighters and first responders who are fighting an impossible battle around the clock.

— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) January 11, 2025

This will scale to enormous numbers, as California passed a bill providing free healthcare for illegals that just took effect last year.

Essentially, anyone on Earth can come to California for free healthcare.

Earth has 8 billion people, but California has 40 million people.… https://t.co/k34z1Zj305

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 12, 2025

The most cryptic tweet ever.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 13, 2025

Bitcoin miners likely had no clue they would be in pole position to retrofit (still very hard but have the access to power) or be quickest to market to build new next-gen AI data centers to serve hyperscalers. The race is on.

— Nichole Wischoff (@NWischoff) January 13, 2025

Explain.

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 13, 2025

I'm German.

16 years ago, the EU and US economies were neck and neck.

Today, the US economy is 50% larger than the entire EU combined.

Here's the devastating truth behind Europe's ongoing economic suicide 🧵: pic.twitter.com/aVoshCbSKK

— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) January 13, 2025

But it goes deeper than numbers...

European talent is fleeing en masse.

I see most European entrepreneurs choosing between two paths:

• The US for higher salaries ($350k+ tech jobs)
• Southeast Asia for lower cost of living to build startups

Why? pic.twitter.com/tPXnG8Olkx

— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) January 13, 2025

Because Europe made it impossible to win at home.

Take Berlin's startup scene (where I used to live):

Founders are often viewed with suspicion. "Entrepreneur" = exploiter

I witnessed tech founders being called "capitalist parasites" at local meetups. pic.twitter.com/SkcIw0IvZ4

— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) January 13, 2025

Meanwhile in places like Silicon Valley and NYC:

Founders are celebrated. Risk-taking is rewarded.
Failure is seen as education, not embarrassment.

To make matters even worse... pic.twitter.com/F0CvjKAzcR

— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) January 13, 2025

Europeans are drowning in red tape:

• Employment laws making hiring/firing impossible
• Tax rates crushing small businesses
• Compliance costs killing innovation

To start a company in France takes 84 days
In America? 4 days. pic.twitter.com/2R545Irnh7

— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) January 13, 2025

Even French president Emmanuel Macron admits it.

When comparing Europe to the American and Chinese markets, he said: pic.twitter.com/1QWKRapf5a

— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) January 13, 2025

The anti-innovation mindset is killing Europe.

For example, when Elon Musk built Giga Berlin, Germans protested:

"No techno-colonialism"

Tesla almost cancelled the project due to regulatory hurdles and community opposition.

This happens daily with smaller companies too. pic.twitter.com/kR9GrIAWDV

— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) January 13, 2025

The numbers are brutal:

• 90% of EU tech talent would move to US for right offer
• European tech salaries: 50% lower than US
• Startup funding: 5x higher in US

And Europe's few tech successes?

— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) January 13, 2025

Most of them move to America:

• Spotify (now NYC-based)
• Klarna (major US operations)
• ARM (being acquired by NVIDIA)

The theme here is obvious: pic.twitter.com/ByYPSC99PZ

— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) January 13, 2025

While Europe debates the ethics of AI...
America builds it.

While Europe regulates cryptocurrencies...
America innovates them.

While Europe protects old industries...
America creates new ones.

— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) January 13, 2025

As a European, I unfortunately doubt it.

The regulation addiction is too deep.
The anti-business culture too ingrained.

As one French friend/entrepreneur told me:

"I love Europe, but I can't build my future here. The system won't let me." pic.twitter.com/g2YaGnSQFr

— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) January 13, 2025

This is why America keeps winning.

Not because Americans are smarter.

But because their system benefits those who build. pic.twitter.com/sVnk2XaQ5R

— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) January 13, 2025

But beneath this beautiful diversity lies a common problem:

Every European country shares the same anti-entrepreneurship mindset.

It doesn't matter if you're in Berlin, Paris, or Stockholm...

The system is designed to hold builders back. pic.twitter.com/L2DBLNUY8P

— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) January 13, 2025

Brilliant thread @itsolelehmann.

The best wrap of the situation I've seen yet.

And @levelsio euacc merch the best expression of it. pic.twitter.com/3Fl2hBmpjd

— Thom Benny (@copyjitsu) January 13, 2025

There is a lot of exaggeration and half-truths in the post which overstate the difference between the EU and the US economies. For example, it fails to account for the significant impact of the UK leaving the EU since 2008, which automatically reduced the EU's GDP. In 2022, the…

— Stjepan (@sosojni) January 13, 2025