Ei, kukho okuthile okungahambi kahle. Ngo-2025, i-Amazon yabika imali engenayo erekhodi ye-US$ 716 billion, yakhiqiza izinzuzo ezicishe zibe US$ 78 billion. Futhi ngo-2025, i-SpaceX, ka-Elon Musk, yathola imali engenayo engu-US$ 18,7 billion futhi yalahlekelwa yi-US$ 4,9 billion ngenxa yokutshalwa kwezimali okudingekayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe ubuhlakani bokufakelwa, ama-data center, namarokhethi asemkhathini. Izolo, e-New York Stock Exchange, lapho i-SpaceX isanda kuvula khona ubulungu bayo, inani lenkampani kaMusk lalicishe lifane nele-Amazon—cishe US$ 2,7 trilioni. Nawe uyabona okuthile okungahambi kahle? IVolkswagen, ebhekene nenkathi enzima, yathengisa izimoto eziyizigidi ezingu-9 ngo-2025, yenza imali engenayo engu-US$ 340 billion futhi yazuza US$ 7,3 billion: inani layo emakethe lijikeleze US$ 53 billion. I-Tesla, kaMusk, yathengisa izimoto eziyizigidi ezingu-1,6 ngo-2025, yenza imali engenayo engu-US$ 95 billion (futhi iyancipha) ngokuzuza okungu-US$ 3,8 billion: ibiza i-US$ 1,3 trilioni emakethe yamasheya. Umklomelo weNobel, u-Paul Krugman, wachaza isimo kanje: "Sinegama lamabhizinisi abonakala ephumelela ngoba eqhubeka edonsa abatshalizimali abasha, ngenxa yokuthi abonakala benenzuzo. Sikubiza ngokuthi ama-Ponzi schemes. Futhi u-Elon Musk empeleni uyi-Ponzi scheme yomuntu." Imakethe ithenga izithembiso, noma, uma sifuna ukuba mnene, ubuhlakani. Bheka isibonelo se-Twitter yakudala: ethengwa nguMusk ngemalimboleko yasebhange ye-US$ 13 billion, yaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi X futhi yacekelwa phansi kungakapheli izinyanga ezimbalwa phakathi nokusabalala kwabaxhasi kanye nokwethuka e-Wall Street; ukufika kukaTrump eWhite House kwabuyisa amanye abatshalizimali futhi kwamnika ikhefu, isikhathi esanele sokuhlanganisa i-X ne-xAI (ngoMashi 2025), kugxilisa intshiseko yemakethe ngobuhlakani bokufakelwa, noma i-Grok ingabhekwa ngempela njengempumelelo embonini. Namuhla, lezi zinkampani ezimbili (ngemali engenayo engu-3,2 billion nobuhlungu obungu-6,4 billion ngo-2025) ziyahlanganiswa ku-SpaceX, ehlanganisa inkampani enenzuzo (i-Starlink) nelinye ithuba lokuthenjwa okuvela ku-Elon Musk omdala (kusuka ku-18 kuya ku-"1 trilhão de dólares em receita até 2030"). Akukhona ukucija kukaMusk kwezebhizinisi nezimboni okungabazwayo, kodwa kunalokho amanani amaningi (multiples) ezinkampani zakhe emakethe yamasheya—ngoba ngosuku ibhamuza eliqhuma ngalo, umsindo uzwakale kuwo wonke umkhathi wesimiso sonozungezilanga: futhi kanjalo, okungenani, indoda yethu izobe isifezile isithembiso sayo sokusiyisa eMars...