In a recent Joe Rogan experience Podcast, Elon Musk decided it would be "clever" to present his reasoning behind the idea of getting rid of social security. The public's reactions was precisely as you would expect.

History be damned

I'm waiting for a sycophant to make this argument, and I expect it as soon as today, since X is being filled with comments attacking Musk.

Roosevelt, a known left wing operative who hated capitalism and wanted to bring forth communism to America, came up with this devilish idea.

The truth, of course, could not be further from such an idiotic statement.

This landmark legislation was a response to the widespread economic hardship caused by the Great Depression, which began in 1929. During that time, millions of Americans lost their jobs, savings, and homes, leaving many—especially the elderly—without a safety net. The Social Security Act aimed to address these issues by establishing a system of social insurance.

Before safety nets

Life in the modern world was not very different from the poorest of countries. Most people were poor. Most people would not live too long, because right after losing their ability to work, they would lose everything as a consequence.

Musk complains about people living for too long, as if it's a horrible thing. What is the implied solution he proposes? Think about it, because I doubt he thought about it himself.

We need more people to die younger? Is that what we are to take away from his "big brain ideas"?

More children

I said before, and I guess it warrants repeating. His persistence on America needing more children is fueled by this very idea that the only way for the Western experiment to continue, is to feed more people to what he also calls the Ponzi.

But, for the sake of clarity, because we ought to operate with honesty let's lay this out as bullet points.

• Entitlement programs are a Ponzi
• People are living too long
• We need more babies to feed the Ponzi

Assuming I can put on some sort of Elon cap, which I truly can't, I'm left with an unsolvable dilemma.

Why would we need to feed the Ponzi, if the Ponzi is wrong?

I'm sure he's never figured this one out either, but kicking the can down the road is just fine.

I'm left with one conclusion here...

Logic be damned

Elon has not thought this through, and doesn't care enough about the idea being cogent. He just want to pay less taxes (he already avoid paying most years, and gets insane subsidies), and can't think of another way to keep even more, then destroying the current system.

Solution: Blow shit up.

MenO