Fair trade!!
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) April 7, 2025
“Look at this lead pencil. There’s not a single person in the world who could make this pencil. Remarkable statement? Not at all. The wood from which it is made – what did it take to get that wood? It was cut from a tree, probably in the state of Washington. To cut the tree, it took a saw. To make the saw, it took steel. To make the steel, it took iron ore. This black center – we call it ‘lead,’ but it’s really graphite, compressed graphite. It comes from some mines in South America. The eraser, a bit of rubber – probably from Malaya [Malaysia], mixed with sulfur and other chemicals. The brass ferrule – I haven’t the slightest idea where it came from or the knowledge or skill required to make it.”
“What’s true for this pencil is true for everything we have. It’s so complicated, we could not exist if we had to make everything for ourselves. That’s why the free market is so important. It enables millions of people to cooperate, to work together, without even knowing each other, to produce goods and services that we all benefit from,” said economist Milton Friedman in a bit on his and wife Rose Friedman’s 1980 TV series Free to Choose, which Elon Musk was apparently watching at 4:59 AM EDT on Monday, possibly while high on mescaline in his office in the White House annex.
The point should be obvious enough and it was to Dollar Tree Catturd-level MAGA influencer “Gunther Eagleman™,” who obviously carefully and parsimoniously chose his rebuttal to the most recent of Musk’s displays of discomfit with his governing partner’s suicidally fucking stupid trade war. Don’t expect this rift to metastasize further so you can be pleasantly surprised if it does.
Who still uses a pencil?
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) April 7, 2025
This other reply from similarly beta MAGA dude Paul Szypula is fucking hilarious though.
As is what may or may not be a direct response from Donald in a Monday Truth Social post: “The United States has a chance to do something that should have been done DECADES AGO. Don’t be Weak! Don’t be Stupid! Don’t be a PANICAN (A new party based on Weak and Stupid people!). Be Strong, Courageous, and Patient, and GREATNESS will be the result!” Jesus Christ, lol.