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BBT #11 | Meta's Liable, the US Voted No on Reparations, and SpaceX · Black Box Theory Podcast

• Thomas: Episode 11 Malcolm: Back, man, pre-Easter edition. Welcome. Thomas: Thomas, this is ⁓ Black Box Theory. Malcolm: Hey man, welcome back. This is Malcolm, the co-host man. are as always appreciative of anybody that supports us, listens to us, interacts with some more content online. We appreciate all of that, see all of this. So, much appreciated. It goes a long way. We're gonna keep it pushing, man. Let's go ahead and jump into it today, dog. Thomas: Let's get in. Before we get into it, as you all know, even if we're not talking about financial advice every single time, we are not financial advisors, investment professionals, or career counselors. Everything on this show is for informational, educational, and sometimes entertainment purposes only. Do your own research, talk to a licensed professional before making any financial decisions, and verify with AI, because I'm seeing a lot of you guys falling for these AI videos, man. If the audio is cooked, The video is very blurry. It's probably AI. Malcolm: All the comments I see about like, you know, we're getting scammed when we get older with AI. I ain't gonna lie. It hasn't been that many videos I've seen that have like just outright got me. There's always some type of dead giveaway, either a lag between the audio and the mouth moving of the character on the screen. ⁓ Like the sounds that it makes, like exaggerated cartoon sounds. ⁓ It's just always something, like I said, I don't know though, like I said, to be honest with you. The crazy improvements that these visuals have made over two years, ⁓ from what they were with the Will Smith video, eating spaghetti to now, I don't know what it's gonna look like in a few years, man. So hopefully it stays where it's easy to tell the difference or able to tell the difference at all. Because if those lines ever get blurred, we are cooked, man. So yeah. Thomas: Facts, facts. Yeah, like Michael said, man, I even made a little video about this before, man. If it's like blurry, I saw a video, was like an alligator walked in, like crawled in Walmart and hit a baby that was behind a cart and the dad ran away. People like, why the dad didn't do anything? he's a terrible father. ⁓ that's what I expect, you know? And then they're commenting the things, the little memes that show like a human body diagram, but the brain is in the butt area, the gluteus maximus. and the brain is filled with like nothing. For people who like see them on the racist posts, you know what I'm talking about. But like, who's AI, bro? Who's AI? Like, who really don't have a brain in their cranium, you know what mean? Malcolm: Okay. Scary times bro. Bird brains everywhere but we keep it moving bro. Thomas: Scary. know what's scary though? This meta YouTube 5 situation man. What's going on with that? Malcolm: ⁓ it might be. Yeah, it's cooked, man. for those, I mean, I don't know. I feel like a lot of people may have seen this coming, but it seems like this is kind of like a recurring theme with these Monopoly type of companies. So for all my people who may not, I guess, be super up to speed on everything that Meta is doing, I will let you in, or I guess, kind of bring y'all up to speed. So according to New Mexico, of all places, according to New Mexico has ordered Metta to pay $375 million for misleading users over the safety of its platforms for children. So a jury that found that Metta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, was liable for the way in which its platforms endanger children and expose them to sexually explicit material and contact with sexual predators. New Mexico attorney General Raul Torres said this verdict is historic. and marks the very first time that the state has successfully sued Metta over child safety issues. Spokeswoman for Metta, led by chairman and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, said the company disagrees with the verdict and intends to appeal. She said, we work hard to keep people safe on our platforms and are clear about the challenges of identifying and removing bad actors and harmful content. We remain confident in our record of protecting teens online. 375 million. That's some. Thomas: Yes. Malcolm: That's definitely ⁓ a healthy find. But when you kind of think of it in the grand scheme of things that Metta company has a $1.5 trillion market cap with a net income, I think of last year, like $60 billion. It's hard to see that really. It's still a hefty find regardless of the market cap and how much revenue and income and what they balance is looking like. Thomas: That ain't nothing. Malcolm: That's still a hefty fine for any company to take on. The question here though is will Instagram, will this verdict, does the jury verdict actually change anything? They'll appeal, they'll settle, they'll pay a fine, you know, as it always goes. Will Instagram still be designed to keep you scrolling at 2 a.m. or is this just expensive theater while nothing fundamentally changes? Thomas: I I don't think anything's fundamentally changing. ⁓ If destroying people's lives is only worth $375 million or whatever the case is, which is, I'm not gonna say chump change, but you're ruining a whole future of people. You're exposing children to ⁓ explicit content and you wonder why people have the problems that they have. You look at the generation that grew up with this technology in the first place, pretty cooked, right? Like they're pretty fried. Like the brain, you crack it open, put it in the pan. It might sizzle half an egg because... only starting off about half the yolk in there to begin with. ⁓ So now you add on to this, if it's not AI, they don't care. So your kid could be scrolling Instagram, looking at virtual ⁓ videos, images, ⁓ but don't go touch that data center. They will allegedly strike you down where you stand. Malcolm: Yeah, I don't know bro. think that they're just like... I think if anything this kind of makes like a... Hopefully, more and more people kind of come out and speak about how these by design platforms have caused some type of danger to their life. think that hopefully more people come out about it and that more of these lawsuits and kind of jurisdictions are more frequent and actually more successful going forward because I think that this... kind of sets the precedent for future. ⁓ This is not the only person in the world, know, rest in peace to the ⁓ people affected, you know, from like social media, you know, whether it's self harm, ⁓ meeting strangers online, like, you know what I'm None to that. But hopefully this kind of sets a precedent for future, ⁓ you know, verdicts and things like that. But I mean, like I said, when I think about it, and like I said, I look at this in the grand scheme of things. Over 3.5 billion people use Meta's ecosystem every single day. This is over 40 % of the entire world's population. So between Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, or Messenger, 3.5 billion people, bro. Thomas: Mm-hmm. And this is $375 million, not even a dollar a person. Malcolm: That's, bro, that is so scary to think about, bro. That's scary to think about, bro. So I know for a fact that this is not the only young woman affected by this addictive design and some of its implications. But I think that, I don't think this fundamentally changed anything. haven't seen meta, because the whole, their business model is trapping people's attention. So if you do something to change that model where Instagram is less addictive or WhatsApp, Messenger. Facebook are less addictive and easy to use. I don't see them going in just because of this and, you know, changing all the underlying like fundamentals and kind of core concepts of what makes them such a successful company and business now. When you are touching or at least getting access to three and a half billion people every single day, I don't think whatever amount of money you have to pay is going to make you go and really... like reconsider how you have algorithms and how you have things set up. no, ⁓ it's scary for sure that these things happen, and they happen as often as they do. ⁓ I don't know, man. We used to do it. Thomas: They don't care. You're talking about Kaylee, right? K-A-L-E-Y? Yeah, no, I'm looking at it, man. It says ⁓ this is according to... ⁓ Malcolm: Mm-hmm. Thomas: The British, it's recorded, it's, what is this? Nah, nah, it's, Malcolm: Wait, what's the call? It's like an acronym, isn't it? Nah, I'm pretty sure I was acting out for that joint. Thomas: Nah, it's British Broadcasting Corporation. Yeah, yeah. So according to the British Broadcasting Corporation, I don't know, it's black and white though. What does it stand for? It's broadcasting in the UK. It's like one of the most trusted news sources in the world. Malcolm: That, so, yes sir. What does that stand for? No, what does it stand for if you like the words together? No, I'm saying what is the acronym for the new source that you're reading? Certainly is it. Thomas: It's for British Broadcasting Corporation. Malcolm: No, I'm gonna ask what the acronym is though. Thomas: It's British Broadcastings. I don't know. think that is the acronym for something else. But, you know, if somebody knows the acronym, put it in chat. Put it in chat. But they, what does it say? Three million dollars in compensatory. God, compensatory. Malcolm: Amen. ⁓ Thomas: Yeah, three million dollars in damages and additional three million impugnitive damages because they determine meta Google act with malice oppression or fraud. This is one person. ⁓ and it said meta will be expected to shoulder 70 % of Kaylee's damages award with Google the remaining 30%. This is one person. And I remember even like from when we were younger, bro, like the amount of people whose brains were absolutely deteriorated and their brains probably look like CTE times 10 from all of this stuff. The amount of people we went to school with. Malcolm: Mm-hmm. Thomas: and who we didn't know, people that just all around the stuff we saw on the news who were like probably so fried and just became so like put on the side of society because of the social media stuff. like these people, these like virtual girlfriends are like even with influencers, they like run up to people because they think they know them. Like, man, this stuff is crazy, bro. Like we don't understand the effects of this on the human body and on the human psyche. So this is one person getting three million. Malcolm: Mm-hmm. Thomas: I feel like a good chunk of society who's been exposed to social media, whether it is exposure to illicit content, whether it's exposure to addictive behavior, bullying, all these different things where you're in these areas that are fostered to be against you, we are cooked. But I bet you, you look at the people who run this stuff, ask them if their kids are constantly on these platforms. Are their children using these? Who knows? Malcolm: Nah, it's crazy bro. Like I'm looking here. ⁓ say that state prosecutors showed internal meta research that at one, that, that at one point found that 16 % of all Instagram users had reported being shown unwanted nudity or sexual activity in a single week. 16 % of the content shown on your screen, you already know how much time people spend on their phones. 16 % that you're seeing nudity, you're seeing sexual explicit content. Thomas: Yeah Malcolm: That is the most straightforward formula I've ever seen for being people meeting strangers that they shouldn't. Children first or being, like I said, because I know that Instagram has teen accounts to put more control and kind of like censorship on the type of content that younger users see. But everybody's parents aren't. For one, think everyone's parents don't understand how much crazy stuff is out there for their kid to see on an app like Instagram. I feel like this has to be more of a ... Because I remember when I was a kid, I used to lie all the time about my age on apps. When I tried to get on Xbox, bro, and I wanted to be on Xbox Live, talk to people. no. Thomas: Jeffrey Epstein. Allegedly. Malcolm: There's no legend, I did lie. Playing with Xbox Live, you think I'm putting in my reel? I'm eight years old. I obviously can't play online, bro. need, I'm born in 1996, bro. Thomas: allegedly. storytellers. Malcolm: I don't have to do that no more, but it's just like, who's putting that enforcement, who's putting that lock, that censorship, that type of monitoring on outside of someone's parents, if it's a kid on Instagram? Thomas: the same people, it depends on how they do it. They're trying to do it with your data. They're trying to, you know, do like try to do it through different ways. Other countries are doing it, but it requires a credit card, identification, face scan, some sort of biometric, some sort of data. Also, you got to look at ⁓ a certain CEO who I think backtracked on creating, ⁓ you know, sexual content with their AI models. But ⁓ it was a thing that they were going to include sexual content. You could create your own fantasies in their AI. ⁓ Malcolm: something, bro. Thomas: What's the big push on the sexual content? I know for Instagram, for a while, I used to follow WorldStar back in the day, right? Because it was just interesting things. But then it became a thing where they constantly, every time I opened it, it would just be a model. You can call people who pay to have their stuff on there. And I got tired of opening my phone in public, sitting next to my mother. And I can't open my phone because the first thing that pops up is something I don't want to see. And no matter how many times I push, I don't want to see this. I don't want to see this. Malcolm: Thank Thomas: Even if you don't look at this, I had a black Worldstar. I blocked Worldstar. Like they know who had a black name because I don't and then people try to me stuff from their page. I'm like, yeah, I got them blocked because they turned into a catalog. Malcolm: I haven't been, like I haven't watched ⁓ interactive World Star Hip Hop stuff since like Vine was out. That's when I was really wanting like World Star Hip Hop, like Vine compilation, like stuff like that I used to watch and be tapped into. like some of my favorite artists at the time used to drop like exclusively with World Star Hip Hop, now a lot of those pages have become like either gambling, ⁓ ⁓ or indirectly. just promoting Instagram models, OnlyFans models. I highly suggest anybody that isn't familiar, just look up the theory, because it's so apparent now. The internet is just filled with bots, gambling, brain rot. ⁓ It's harder to nourishment for your brain than it is to find some... I can go on Twitter and Instagram right now. First thing I want to see... is tongue, tongue, tongue to her, bro. Like the little wooden bat, like I will see him before I see a book, before I see an article, before I see a review on a product. Like I'm going to see that before I see anything that's actually going to stimulate my mind and make me a better critical thinker. And that's just the state of the internet now. It's cooked, but. Thomas: You It's good. mean, you know what? Let's let's since we're talking about the state of the Internet, dead Internet theory, let's talk about a dead American theory, right? Let's talk about this push. I see Gucci Mane situation that evolved push. I see his father, ⁓ Big 30 and a bunch of other people. Right. ⁓ This is a broader conversation. The main thing here, like I would just want to add, stay out the streets ⁓ if you don't have to or if you can. somehow avoid it, please do. ⁓ Clearly this like the man just got out what November, December timeframe, something towards the end of last year, ⁓ already back in custody. And apparently this happened in sometime in January, I believe. But before like even diving into that too much, I just want to say, like for all the people who have this confused and twisted, this situation between Pooch Iced Tea and Gucci Mane and All Involved. is literally the epitome of what ⁓ everyone in charge of slavery, putting crack in the black community, destroying the black community, putting guns in the black communities. That is the outcome. That is the product. That is what they want. Like, this is what they want it to. So people try to say he represents all black people. That's not the case. He unfortunately is just one of many people trapped in the cycle that was put on the path for our entire set of people in this country, unfortunately. Malcolm: Yeah man, this And for me, it's not even so much like that, because I mean, I know it's going to go viral. Like, he's a rapper. He's hot. I just really hate how... The type of headlines that our people get and that we get excited over and so invested in, I just think is why we get the prejudice that we do, why we get... I hate when stuff like this gets pushed to the forefront of the internet. This is the type of stuff that'll make news headlines. This is the type of stuff that'll go viral on the internet. This is the type of stuff that our own people will argue about. Thomas: Mm-hmm. Malcolm: Whether it's street code or not, it's cool or not, bro, this is what we pour our time into. And this is like... Not to sound like ⁓ somebody who has life all figured out or that you can't indulge in things like this, but there's ⁓ a very fine line between partaking in the occasional hip hop cultural current event type of situation. when this is the only type of stuff that floods your mind and you this invested, I see people have dropped actual thing pieces about rappers when they snitch whether it follows street culture. I'm like, You have work tomorrow at the Amazon warehouse at 6 a.m. And you're talking about Gucci man is not a gangster on your Twitter. Thomas: Yeah. What's the tax code? Like what is your tax code? Malcolm: Like, are we talking about? And it's just like, I get it. I mean, it's stupid. I it's stupid. Like I saw a clip of him riding around on a Twitch stream with Bended On, like riding around with ankle monitor on, knowing he's on like, I don't know if he's on house arrest, I don't know all the details of his probation, but you know you're on probation, you riding around. Yes, he was, I'm like, bro, this is who you go back to jail for? bro, come on, dog. It's just like... Thomas: Shicee was with Ben Dedon on the street. Malcolm: And I've seen a lot of like think-faces tell me, oh this is why black men need fathers in their life, this and that. would say his father co-signed him on this. His dad co-signed him. And this is like, I mean like I said, part of that is just being a product of your environment and then another piece of that is just like not having the right people around you to get out of where you can... That should always be your end goal unless you come up... I mean, I feel like people should... Thomas: He had his father. His father was involved. Malcolm: It's always good to show love to your home city bro, but at a certain point I feel like everyone has to grow out of where they come from bro. You have to look and reach for bigger things bro. And I know for him, obviously that situation is heavily dependent on his probation and stuff that's going on. But it's just like dog, of all the things you could have done after probation, you kidnap your boss. You rob your boss. You hold your boss at gunpoint contractually. You have Big 30 block the door like a football lineman and you just, and then you flaunt said jewelry that you stole on social media. Who made this plan? Was anybody using their brain on this plan, bro? Did you not think, did we not, first of all, did we just think Gucci was just going to keep it peeing and just be like, nah, bro, this is how the street go. Bro, Gucci, how old is Gucci? He has to be ... Thomas: All camera. Gucci 46 I believe. I just checked. Malcolm: Bro, that man is 46 years old and you think he was just about to keep his mouth shut? And be like, A.M. or S.I. go. Thomas: Yeah. Malcolm: Bro if I'm Gucci, and I hate to have these type of conversations, this is like pop the balloon type conversations, but it's just like, if I'm Gucci bro, I'm pushing 50, you think you're about to rob me at gunpoint, take all my chains, take all my jewelry, and I'm about to just be like nah bro, that's just how the street stuff go. That's the code. No. I will have a written report to Cash Patel, to the FBI the next business day bro. Are you kidding me? Thomas: You Malcolm: At this age in my life? Thomas: If people talk about 2006, Gucci wouldn't have let it slide. But 2006, what people don't know is Gucci Mane back in the day was dealing with genuine psychosis. Like he was clinically going through mental troubles that he spoke about allegedly. I say allegedly because I haven't looked deep into his own explanation on this, but he had to get medication. He said he would black out and he would do things and he just wouldn't remember what he did and he would have these fits. So like that psychosis is real. That is what they want to do to black people in America and they have. And if you don't believe that, open up a book, man. You think black people just learn how to get their hands on cocaine and make crack? Like, come on, you think they just figured that out and just did that and went overseas? Or went to Columbia, not overseas, or wherever the stuff come from. I don't know. I don't work for, you know, whoever brings the stuff over here. But it's like Gucci Mane is a father. I think his most recent recent child was born in 2023. He's a businessman. He's legit. He's already beat a ton of cases. He's already unfortunately had to take a life that we know of before. Like the man is 46. He's been through a lot. He's just trying to as far as I know, as far as I can see on the outside, I don't know his personal life, but it seemed like he's trying to like do the do the right thing and stay legit. So a lot of people saying, oh, he need to get it back in blood. He need to blah, blah, blah, man. Come on. Come on. That just doesn't make sense. He's pushing 50. And this isn't even about who told or whatever. People calling him a snitch, people putting pictures of him with other rappers that people think are snitches and stuff. Man, I don't care who told. If someone robs you, especially someone that you think you cool with, that y'all working together, that's ridiculous. And what you supposed to You supposed to go kill that person? You supposed to go rob like... It's a dumb conversation, bro. It's a dumb conversation. Malcolm: I get it, bro. I also don't want to overstep and try to understand everything because I do understand a lot of this is about how you're raised, being a product of your environment, just the type of circumstances and situations you were brought up. Some people don't have a choice but to live this life. for that, obviously the goal is hopefully to be able to get you, your family, people you care about out of that situation so you don't have to keep looking over your shoulder every day. like I said... Rather, like said, I can't sit here and say that I've lived that life or been immersed in that life ever. Like I've seen perspectives of it. have people that have, you know, I know people that have kind of like been more integrated in that space and kind of like came up in that space. I haven't. So I don't want to insert myself and try to understand every single thing that they're thinking because obviously we don't think the same because we haven't seen the same things, had the same experiences. However, when you reach a certain threshold, bro, bro, you are rich. famous rapper, you're hot, got people, eyes are always on you bro. We just have to think. As a dad, as his pops bro, to co-sign on this bro, you're supposed to have the wisdom and the guidance and the mentorship to pour into your son no matter how famous and big he get bro. As a father bro, that is your job to keep your son on the right path. Thomas: Mm-hmm. Malcolm: It's just no way you signed off on this as a pop, bro, and you just didn't think that there were gonna be no repercussions, no type of punishment, no type of... Like, come on, bro. Thomas: the importance of getting out your city and seeing the world. know they, what was his name in the streets? His father name in the street, Ma boss or something like that. Malcolm: I wouldn't be surprised if it was. This sounds like a BMF headline, bro. This is literally trolls. These guys are trolling, bro. Of all the things you could have done, You could have maybe freaking forged some paperwork, went on social media, begged for it to get out the contract. He could have dropped some BS albums and some singles to meet the requirement just to get... Thomas: just to meet the requirement. Malcolm: Uzi did that to get out of the Atlantic deal. He dropped them fraud, them pink tapes. He was dropping, you I'm saying? There are ways, there are other ways he could have went around it, but my man said, yeah, like my man, like you go and rob your boss, dawg. Thomas: Yeah. They thought this was Ice Cube and NWA walking off and start smashing records. think, I don't know, bro. It's a thing. And mind you, everybody, we're just talking here. We have no, neither of us are from the streets. Neither of us are affiliated with anybody. If you see me in Memphis, please let me keep walking. I have nothing on me. I love everyone. I hope everyone has peaceful lives. am not living about that life, please just let me go home. If you hold me up on a wall and rob me, what you want? You need the password to my phone? You know what I'm saying? You want the shoes? You my glasses? Malcolm: I don't even have to be in Memphis, You got me a gun point, bro, especially with a button, You everything on me, dog. It is okay. I don't need this that bad. I'm to lose my life. But yeah, man. I don't know, man. It's definitely, actually, I just really want better for our people. And I really wish that we as a culture, as a people, as a society, we would pay more attention to things that actually mattered and that gives us a better... ⁓ Thomas: Thanks. Malcolm: kind of like light shed on us. I just think there are other ways that we can, pour our time into or pour our kind of like attention into then giving think pieces about Gucci and Pooh and crew, ⁓ you know, right? couple of days before Eastern Mass. So that's, that's just me though. But hopefully, you know, yeah, hopefully we get some better headlines. Some, some more, some more headlines we're be proud of soon. ⁓ Thomas: Praise Jesus, man. I hope so, We need to put our stuff up there, bro. I'm tired of being at the bottom of the total pole for the world, bro. Black American, being a black American is rough. But since we speaking on all of this, know, Easter coming up, you know, some of you might have noticed not to put down another black man, not putting anybody down, just talking about observations. Yeah, my guy, Jaden Ivy, brother, man, man. Malcolm: Yeah. Nah, he need help. Lord have mercy. Thomas: religious psychosis, if that's what you want to call it. Look, I've seen a lot going on. Some people saying like, ⁓ he's on the right path. He found the Lord and he's doing this. Look, I can, I try to do my best to understand every perspective, regardless of religion, regardless of ethnicity. But we have to like stop picking and choosing like what verses to follow. Malcolm: ⁓ I cannot stand when... Cause that gives Christians such a bad rap, bro. It's like people will pick verses... Like people... And this is how I know. First of all, these are people that one, do not read the Bible in its entirety and they don't understand. Like people... Like there are real life people who will go searching for verses only to justify whatever type of hate they're trying to spread. And that's unfortunately exactly what J.Ni-V is doing. And I've seen a lot of like, kind of like... Thomas: Mm-hmm. Malcolm: mixed responses as far as to like trying to interpret what he's really trying to get across. And some people have come and said, what happened to free speech? What happened to be able to express yourself? What happened to being able to spread the gospel? What is this like, let's take a step back. Like there is a fine line between free speech and spreading hate. it's not like, like when you're working, that's the part that, that's the part that really doesn't register people like. The Chicago Bulls as an organization is not the US government. Free speech protects you from prosecution from the US government. You can go out on the streets and say whatever comments he's saying. Nobody's going to come and arrest you. But you have to understand, he's an NBA player. He's representing way more than just Jade and Ivy. He's representing the Chicago Bulls. He's representing the Purdue Boilermakers. He's representing the National Basketball Association as a league. He's a professional. A private league is a private organization. And so it's like... Thomas: private league. Private. Malcolm: When you as an individual are going out and saying these erratic, egregious things and comments and spreading hate towards specific marginalized groups, what do you think people that have no understanding of like, that can't separate individuals from corporations, most people that follow the NBA closely, they know this is all DJ Nivy. But imagine someone who's never watched the NBA before. They see a guy in the Chicago Bulls jersey saying, ⁓ I hate this group of people. This group of people should not be allowed to do this thing. They're going to be like, oh, the bulls must not like this group of people. And so as an organization, you can't keep that around. and imagine what type of... Imagine if he was really, if he's on... I just seen a video him today in the streets, doing what he doing. Imagine how that's affecting the locker room. A dude is just actually going out there and playing every night. Bro, this affects the organization top to bottom. And it's like to just chalk it up to not being able to express yourself. I think that's a little... Thomas: Yeah. Malcolm: I think that's undermining it quite a bit. Thomas: No, it's crazy. I mean, this isn't the UFC, bro. Like, look at the UFC. That is allegedly, you know, I'm just speaking out here, ⁓ that is a little bit more, I feel like he could say what he could say there and get away with it. Look at, what's that guy's name? Sean Strickland? Running around dropping F-bombs and... Malcolm: ⁓ But they are way more like unhinged than any other. I mean, you see how many hits they take to the head, bro? Them dudes. Thomas: I mean, no, you have to be unhinged to be a professional fighter. Like respect to all my pro fighters out there, like you have to be a little. Malcolm: Yeah, for sure. Being a UFC bro, you have to have a couple of loose grooves to go out and be a UFC fighter bro. They literally are trying to kill each other in that ring, dog. Thomas: And the positive black news, my boy, Neon, take water, man. He's on the back back on the come up, man. I think he just knocked out. I forgot his name, but it's another like top heavyweight. ⁓ Malcolm: Nah, I seen a little punchy at it. It was crazy. But nah, man. That's a real thing, bro. And I've seen plenty of people do this before in real life and on this scale too. So it's not just like a famous person thing, I guess. But this, I think it's crazy for him to go on this run right before Easter too. I just know he's going to be bugging tomorrow, bro. I don't even want to know what his page is going to be talking about. But nah, this is a very real thing. Thomas: My boy, coming back. sure. No wife, no kids. Malcolm: And I think that people as Christians, bro. Like there's obviously a lot, but it's like, my thing is if you're going to pick and choose what verses you're going to use as justification for whatever message you're trying to spread, don't pick and like, if you're going to do that, then do everything. Because at end of the day, all, you know what saying? Like I said, this is not a religious podcast and things like that, but do not, because at that point, like, and that's, this is actually what saying God's name in vain actually means. Like a lot of people, ⁓ I think a lot of people have like a misunderstanding of what using God's name in vain really means. Like they'll think that saying like something like saying like putting something on God or saying, ⁓ on XYZ, I'll do this and that. Like that's not what like it kind of is, but like the actual definition of using God's name in vain, it's using these verses and trying to say or really craft your own message and what you think and what you interpret God is trying to say. And like you're shaping it into your own message and to your own hate. rhetoric and spreading that and then saying ⁓ it's back by God is back by these revelations is back by these verses that is using God's name in vain because you are taking the verse out of context you're using it for a very specific situation that's like all of the evil deeds that this holy book calls out this is the thing that you want to like drill down on bro I just think there are a lot of other things that we can be focusing on, Like, there are a lot of other things and people we should be looking at. quietly. Thomas: can ⁓ go? Malcolm: yeah, nah, it's a, I don't know bro. I just think there, there are a, we have a lot, a lot more, we have way bigger fish to fry I think right now than worrying about groups of people. Thomas: Yeah, man. ⁓ Wish we could talk about, man. You should be worried about the US, Israel and Argentina. But neither here nor there right now. But yeah, just to add to that, bro, like anybody who just makes a sudden shift and acts like that with such like overzealous, ⁓ overflowing religiousness and hatred, ⁓ all my Christians and all my religious people out there, anyway, should know this, but specifically my Christians, like there's a difference between you. Malcolm: It's a real problem. Bro, it's a problem. Thomas: just shifting that quickly and you like being like just like a straightforward like religious like Jesus like person because I don't know if Jesus went around spewing that hate I wasn't there. ⁓ However if you do that I have to worry what have you done like what what are you trying to make up for so bad that you feel the need to run around. It's an over cop bro like I've seen it in person so many times bro it's like people they do the worst things all of sudden I'm a child of God I'm religious my Malcolm: It's like, it's an overcompensation, bro. Thomas: I want tattoo even Britney Renner bro she went and became Muslim for a little bit what's going on with that now she's not I don't know that was it Malcolm: That was just straight up disrespectful to the people of Islam. That was disrespectful, bro. Yeah. Thomas: You know what saying? Bro, and people do this stuff, people saying he doing it for clout, he's not doing it for clout, he's throwing away all his clout. His wife, his family not talking to him. Malcolm: I don't think he needed a club, bro. He's in the national basketball. He wasn't a scrub either. He wasn't a superstar, but he was a good player, bro. He was... ⁓ Thomas: I was getting homes. Yeah, but like, but I ain't gonna lie, for all you people, like, because I know some people aren't gonna agree with this. Some people are gonna say he's right. And that's cool. I'm not disagreeing with you. I believe in Jesus, believe in God. I follow everything as much as the next person. It's just how we outwardly show these things ⁓ and think these things sometimes. No matter what my beliefs are, I'm not gonna run down and yell at and preach that it's bad to do this bad. I'm a sinner, bro. We're all sinners. Everybody sins every single day. I don't have any more right to go tell somebody how to live or how to not sin as much as the next person. So if you are doing that and you're like power to you, but I have to wonder what is going through your mind? What makes you think you're so much better than others? And if you say, oh, I'm not better, I'm just spreading the word. What gives you the right to do it in such a judgmental way? And what have you done? Let's lay everything out. He who has not sinned shall cast the first stone or whatever the exact wording is. Cast a stone and let's see how many stones come back at you. Malcolm: Yeah bro, I ain't gonna lie dog. Like, beside the fact that he's spewing a lot of hate, he has had some very funny moments from his rants he's been on, dog. I've been vocally stemming the apple pie joint for the past week or so. ⁓ Saying apple pies, they so tasty. You didn't see that, bro? Thomas: Alright. Malcolm: Wait, bro, you have to watch his Instagram lives, bro. I don't watch them. I see clips of them, bro. He be on that joint talking about anything, bro. He was like, he was like, he was like, why do they make the apple pies in the facility so good? Like, I like apple pies. They're so tasty. I'm like, bruh, like, what are you like on about, And yeah, he is having some, he needs to be admitted into a... Thomas: Yeah, I think he's... Nah, I think he's having like a mental, like I think he's having like a psychotic break. So it's like, mean like. I just don't want to laugh at it, bro, because he's having a serious situation. That'd like if I go laugh at the stuff Kanye says. Kanye clearly, he has cognitive, he's been public about this. Malcolm: ⁓ yeah. I ain't gonna lie though, Kanye back on his feet now though. Like he just had a... Thomas: Nah, I'll be seeing that bro. He'll be back on BS again. Malcolm: Nah, I'm not talking about, I'm talking about selling out stadiums, bro. Thomas: I mean, yeah, bro, because I think Kanye is one of them dudes. Like he can say whatever he wants. like people have known he's kind of like off the edge for a very long time. So I think he's one of those guys he can literally say anything as long as he doesn't do anything. Like if Kanye, if it came out, Kanye was, you know, doing like touching ⁓ inappropriate people. He was doing like actually like heinous physical things. I think people might shift. Malcolm: I guess he's always going to have a fan base. He's always going have a base. Yeah, he just be saying stuff though. Thomas: Yeah, he ain't no R. Kelly or something. You know what saying? R. Kelly was doing things. At Kanye, he just, he's loose with the lips, bro. He just... Malcolm: from where he was at not too long ago, ⁓ seems like he's calmed down. I've seen he had his opening in Sofa Stadium with Lauryn Hill. I wanted to Lauryn Hill out there, bro. Thomas: That money got low, Your words get right when you need some bread. Malcolm: Bro, Lauren ... Amen. Yeah. I'm not just saying for Lauren Hill to come up, because Lauren Hill skips her own concerts, bro. She is a freaking legend, bro. I feel like her coming out there says a lot more than just, it's Kanye. I feel like he's starting to regain. I don't know. I feel like he has to be closely monitored for his comments over the next few months or so. Thomas: As long as the music's straight. Malcolm: I hope he get back on track as far as his public outburst and the type of things he says. Thomas: Bro, Kanye carries heavy weight in the industry, bro. Like for everything he's produced, everything he's created, like Kanye is one of the greats, like excluding all this stuff, bro. Like people, and people try to say, you know, this and that about other people. I think Kanye, he just speaks his mind a little bit more, but other people are not that clean. Like I'm not going to say names, but other like top artists from that timeframe are definitely mixed in with some pretty heinous things. And... Malcolm: Yeah, he Yeah. ⁓ yeah, for sure. Thomas: like or have like had their own issues. Kanye, I just I feel bad for a part of it. I never watched his documentary, but I know a lot has to do with his mother, you know, rest in peace. ⁓ But yeah, and it's I hope the best for the man in his family. Malcolm: Yeah. Yeah, man, he, Yeah, man, Salah Khan, yeah, man. Thomas: Yeah, I mean, hey, shout out Kanye, but you know, just like a lighter topic, just a little quick lighter topic, man. You know, the NBA is expanding. You know, and I looked into it. It's been 82 games for a while, so I think it's going to stay 82 games. It's just going to be like playing the same teams less. I'm not going to lie. I don't need to see the same teams play five times in one week. But yeah, I know the Vegas team, man. What you thinking for the naming convention? What you think they're going to go with? Malcolm: Thank you. Thank you, bro. Finally, ⁓ I would like to think it's going to be something related to gambling or risk taking or like some type of something. feel like along the line, feel like that's just like Las Vegas. it has to be, I mean, cause Seattle, you already know you're going back to supersonics. That's a given. But Las Vegas, bro, I feel like you have to, I'm like, it's not like it'd be one thing if you went that way and the NBA wasn't like, you can't go. Thomas: I'm a risk taker. Yeah. Malcolm: watch NBA game without seeing the Draft Kings, ⁓ sports, some type of betting, like advertisement or endorsement throughout the program, like throughout the game. So the way that the NBA is kind of like leaning into gambling and prediction markets and stuff, I feel like it wouldn't be too far-fetched to name your expansion team, something related to that. And it's also Las Vegas, bro, like. I feel like it's kind of like on brand for them to have something like that. So something like was saying earlier, something like a high rollers, a card number or name outside of jokers. don't think jokers, like jokers doesn't make sense. I was looking at the, what do you call it? Like the odds for their next name, bro. And the names I'm seeing here, bro. I can't say I moved on all of them, bro. I'm not gonna lie to you. I'm seeing The Mirage as the top favorite. Las Vegas Mirage. Jokers. Las Vegas Venom. Las Vegas outlaws. I'm not mad at it. I'm not mad at outlaws. Las Vegas scorpions. Are scorpions in Las Vegas? Is there a single scorpion in Las Vegas? I mean it's a lot of desert. Yeah, I don't know man. Thomas: I don't know, they should call him. I know, I've only passed through the airport. This should call in the Vegas Vanguard. Malcolm: Vanguard isn't bad. I don't know what a Vanguard is though. Thomas: It's a Vanguard is the foremost part of an advancing army or leading figures in any movement field or So I feel like it would make sense especially if Ja ends up going there. I know this is like three years from now two years from now but. Malcolm: That's not bad. Now, was about to say though, is some rules when it to expansion team. So a couple of things. the NBA expansion draft will follow these rules if Seattle will win Seattle and Las Vegas into the league. Expansion teams will get to steal unprotected players from other teams. Teams can only protect eight of their players. So on the roster, you can only protect eight of your players. Teams cannot protect players on expiring contracts or restricted fee agents. Only one player can be taken per team. Contracts transfer as they are. And expansion teams get really, really good chances of getting ⁓ the number one pick in the NBA draft. So it's not like they're out of luck when they get created. They're going to have a pretty good chance at getting a hand as some good players. ⁓ But yeah, I know. I think this is what the NBA needed, bruh. I can't lie to you. Thomas: I don't know how this gonna work with like the draft stuff. I know the Thunder have a lot of like first round picks and like I'm sure a lot of teams have a lot of first round picks. So it's like, no, I'm just, I'm just thinking from a stance of like, if people already have rights to these picks, how are these expansion teams gonna fit in there? Malcolm: Please, if they get a top four pick this year, Next night. yeah, I don't know. I don't know how that works as far as I know you can steal players. I don't know how it works with stealing. I ⁓ know. Thomas: they're gonna have to like do something. Because let's say if all these teams have rights to all these picks, and I know there's still some level of like variance, but it's like, you still have guaranteed whatever first round, second round picks. It's like something gonna have to happen because you can't just tell the expansion teams, yeah, you gotta wait 10 years because you just came late to the party. That's tough. Malcolm: do. I don't know, bro. I don't know. If I was an owner though, I'd be really excited about the average. I really hope LeBron get ownership of that Las Vegas team as he kind of winds down. Speaking of which, bro, for him to be 41 still dealing with this, Luca and AR down out for the rest of the season, bro, and he's going, LeBron is still the first option, bro. It's like, he has like some type of curse. That the basketball guy, he just had like, it's just no way Braun is still the first option going to these playoffs. It's no way. The boys are getting swept, bro. They think like, I keep seeing people post edits, like it's gonna be 2018. Bro, I mean it's 41, bro. It just, bro, it's cooking. Thomas: I low-key think Braun's done after this season. I know he'll be back next season, but I don't know. I feel like he got to be done after this one because he's barely, like he's still performing at an extremely high level, but like you could tell he's getting tired of it, Malcolm: Gotta be. Yeah, for sure. it's just like, I'm like, bruh. Like, real listening, like, how am like, bro, they balled all season. went to third seed to end up like this, bro? Thomas: And they trying to put Luke and name in that hat. said, extend your weight and circumstance, please consider him for MVP. Malcolm: Nah, dawg, he is not getting it. That MVP was locked up. It's between Shane Wimpy and it's probably Shane. Thomas: Unfortunately, I'm not gonna say unfortunately, but I just want to see one be get that joint man. ⁓ Malcolm: He don't get it. I love Wimby's attitude, bro. He knows he's young and then he has to rack up as much hardware and accolades as early as possible to get his name up there in the grades. Some dudes say it, but it's very rare nowadays where you see dudes that get picked this high and are really the generational prospects that everyone expected them to be and to have those actual ... When's the last player you seen have real life goat aspirations? I want to be the greatest player. who ever walked the earth and actually like, since LeBron, I haven't seen another dude since then say like, want to be, there are dudes that have, think, been clear about trying to be the best in their position. actually like Curry, I can see him like, yeah, you know, I want to be the best point guard ever. I've seen him like do that. Like even, I think KD has had good aspirations, but feel like he knows him and everyone else, knows his legacy. Thomas: Don't say really bra. He just a killer. Not just a killer, like he is a killer. That's his thing. Malcolm: Yeah, he a kid. I mean, yeah, like, you feel me? So this is like, but I'm talking about dudes that like really, you can see it in the way they play, like in everything about them, everything outwards about them that they want to be the greatest ever touch the ball to walk the earth. I haven't seen another dude since Bron be that until we got the one B. Actually, no, didn't even, Kobe wanted to be the greatest ever. Thomas: Well, like, yeah, I'm about to say, it's some players on there, but I think a lot of their careers were either cut short, injuries happen, or, you know, stuff just happened. Like, I would argue that I don't, I can't say it, because I don't know how efficient he was on defense. I was going to say Derrick Rose, because I know he gave 110%. Like, I think he was really trying to be like the best. Malcolm: Yeah. Have a Thomas: It's just, I can't remember like how efficient. I'm trying to think people who are, don't know why you making that face. I'm trying to think of people like who are defense, offense, like AE, he. Malcolm: He got the attitude, bruh. He has attitude. Let me actually walk back to my statement. Let me not say it's only been Bron. There are a lot of dudes with that attitude. I would just say that I think- Thomas: I think he's coming into form more with like mentally. love for the gay, the heart. Malcolm: No, because can't even say, honestly, I could argue that Giannis has that love and dedication for the game. For him to work from where he got drafted to the caliber player that he is now, there ain't nothing but dedication to the game. Same with, like I said, it may not be as, I think it's easier to say to Bron because he's such a storied and decorated player that it's like, it's easy to be like, you put like, you know what saying? You wanted me to go. He wanted to get to those levels and you did things that you had to do to get to those levels. I feel like a lot of these dudes, one, we haven't seen them play nearly as long as Bron. They may not have the accolades to back it up, but it's just like, I think when their careers are sort of done, there's going be a lot more dudes that like, but I feel like Bron, his was just always so apparent. Like every opportunity you got to hear from him or see from him, you could tell he just had that like trajectory. He wanted to be the greatest ever, bro. But a lot of dudes is cool with like where they at, bro. Thomas: Mm-hm. I mean, look at my boy Lonzo, Lonzo Ball. I mean, granted, we don't know what's happening behind the scenes. He could really be trying hard to get on the team. ⁓ But like, we... Malcolm: Right. I feel like dudes like that bro, I feel like when you're rich before you even get to the league bruh, I don't think you care. Thomas: chilling, like your younger brother in the league cooking, ⁓ your middle brother's rapping. Malcolm: Bro, bro like these all these dudes was rich before they freaking turn 18 dog like these dudes have been rich for ever. it's like for them. I thought I them dudes that come from nothing bruh that'd be the hungriest bro. Thomas: Yeah. I'm trying to, let me look at it. How did Levar Ball actually like make his money? Malcolm: It's a mastermind, bro. Thomas: How did LaVar Ball get rich? Leveraging his persona to launch Big Baller brand in 2016. Wow, so he built that brand. They were already living in a straight house though around that time. Either way, I'm sure there's more to it. ⁓ like, yeah, I'm not gonna lie, because I know this is a conversation I heard on, I believe it was either Blackout or Mark Amundus, either way it's a EYO production brought to you by Troy Rashad and ⁓ Ian Dunlap is a current recurring guest. ⁓ I know Troy Millen's Rashad Bilal, giving full credit there. But they did talk about briefly in one of those two, which are both EYL productions, Earn Your Leisure, what the NBA is gonna look like in the future. Like, is it gonna be difficult for people to get in if you're not a legacy? Like if your dad was not in the league or a pro athlete, is it gonna be difficult to get in? Which like I think is an honest conversation. Like a lot of dudes in the league, yes, we still have a few that came from like non. pro families or like really came from the trenches. But a lot of these dudes are like connected to NBA players or pro athletes or people in that field. So I think we're just seeing a shift like from dudes who are hungry. Like I think in the 2000s we had dudes who were ultra hungry, like dudes from the hood, from the suburbs, like they just from like places where it's like they really trying to make a name, really trying to get that bread. But now you got dudes growing up, money ain't a thing. So it's like. Malcolm: ⁓ yeah. Thomas: I, it's like, I'm just trying to make a living. Like to them, it's like going, going to job. It's for them, the league is like us going to college, getting a job. Like it's just kind of expectations. Like that's just the lifestyle. Cause your dad was like that. Maybe your grandfather was like that. You're like that. It's just how it goes. So the, hunger is not going to be there in the same way as like if you literally coming from, from nothing and like, this is it, you know, you, you try to make a name for yourself. Malcolm: and Yeah, Nah, yeah, I mean, it's... Yeah, I just... Yeah, I mean, I agree with you, but I definitely just... I think it's just refreshing to see dudes that are that kind of open about their aspirations to be the greatest ever. You don't hear dudes say that that often no more. A lot of dudes would just say, like, hey, stuff is just meant to be unbroken. There's dudes out there that are going to do it. I was, one, I thought Russ... Record was never going to be broke, but Yokek is the second player ever to average triple-double in the season. And he's probably going to take Russ' triple-double crown in the next season or two. And that's crazy, because I really thought that that was never getting touched, But he'd get one every game, And they'd be like crazy triple-dubs. I'm talking about like 30, 15, 14 every game, bro. He's ridiculous, bro. But yeah, man. Thomas: Shout out Russ, shout out Jokic. Yeah. And just to keep pushing if we cool. I do want to touch on, so we got before the SpaceX IPO, briefly, I do want to touch on the UN slavery vote, For those who don't know, what day was it? On March 25th, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly. passed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity, supporting reparations. The vote was 123 to three with the United States of America, ⁓ the Israel, well Israel, the country of Israel, the nation of Israel, and Argentina voting against it, primarily citing concerns over the legality of reparations for historical wrongs. BS. ⁓ and then 52 nations abstained. So not not that I don't think I'm not well, how do I say this nicely? Most educated and realistic black people are not expecting reparations. ⁓ You look at how reparations were played out for like other populations like the Native Americans and others. Those aren't reparations, brother. They just say, screw you. I'm going to make your life worse. ⁓ So I don't think any of us are like looking for reparations. Well, there are a lot of people. I've tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people talking about reparations. It's not going to happen. ⁓ But I think it's more like the fact that you can't even acknowledge that that was the greatest crime against humanity. And then we're seeing like what's going on with the world now. And then like you look historically what some of these places are like connected to, ⁓ even from World War II and other things. It's like, like, I don't know, bro. I just think we're always gonna be viewed as ⁓ nothing more than the material that goes into putting the bottom of your boot together and then the gum on the bottom when you scrape it off. Malcolm: I mean, I'm disappointed, but I'm not surprised, bro. I mean. think if you are, I mean, you go outside and look bro, mean, this country has not given any indication that they are marching on towards respecting our people any more than they already have in the past. we've made a ton of, like that's the thing bro, people don't realize like we're not even a hundred years removed from slavery bro. People seem to think that this, like, people seem to just think like, ⁓ all this happened in the 1800s, 1700s, bro. Thomas: is fresh. That's fresh. Malcolm: We're just getting to the next couple generations after, this was not that... It's people who still have grandmothers and great grandmothers and grandfathers who were slaves, bro. I don't know why people keep trying to push this back. I it's not a thing. But I can say, I'm not surprised whatsoever about the US. In their words, they... They, they're, they're, ⁓ verbiage. They're, you know, jargon they used to they said that the US does not recognize illegal right to reparations for historical wrongs that were not illegal under international law at the time they occurred. Basie saying since it wasn't illegal, when it happened, we shouldn't have to pay for it now that it is illegal. The United States also strongly objects to the resolution's attempt to rank crimes against humanity in any type of hierarchy. He said the assertion that some crimes against humanity are less severe. then others objectively diminishes the suffering of countless victims and survivors of other atrocities throughout history. This is like textbook downplaying, like, and just straight up trying to make our suffering seem like, ⁓ well, we can't rank crimes because it makes, you know, someone else's crime seem less significant. And that's to tell you everything that you need to know about this country and their perception of you, bro. Thomas: Yeah, it's unfortunate, and the numbers, I mean, I just try to find the numbers for exactly, because I know some people are gonna say like, you know, ⁓ greatest crime against humanity. A lot of people think about, you know, a certain event. Well, I'm just gonna say it, brother, ⁓ People think about the Holocaust, ⁓ which obviously is ⁓ a horrible thing. Like, there's absolutely no... But in that statement, there is no, that was horrible and something that shouldn't have been allowed to happen, period. That is, for all rights, one of the most egregious things that have ever happened in like modern human history. ⁓ And the effects and ripples that it's had on the world, I think everyone on the world and on earth today would be much happier if that never happened for a plethora of reasons. ⁓ But if it never happened, the world today would be extremely different. Extremely different. ⁓ But I'll try to find the numbers because I think off the top of my head, how many people were killed in the Holocaust? Wasn't like six million off the top of my head, something around there. And the way it was horrible. ⁓ But well, I said there was no bust. There's no bust that it was horrible. But I'm looking at how many people died in the transatlantic slave trade and also just in slavery and period, not just in the US, but they can't really tell me the numbers. says their total deaths, including slave raids, forced marches and seasoning in the Caribbean, estimated and often cited between 10 to over 30 million or even up to 60 million. And I keep seeing 12 and a half million to 15 million Africans were forced to embark. And I see all these millions. That number is never going to be known. for sure. There is countless lives lost. Countless people turned into furniture. Countless people's hairs used to stuff pillows. Countless people hung on trees. People think it isn't real, but there was a woman who was actually pregnant, heavily pregnant, hung on a tree, set on fire, had her womb cut open, and the baby fell out in front of everybody. ⁓ know what I'm Stuff is real. Stuff happens. And I think that for them to not say that this is one of the worst things that happened for over Malcolm: about. Thomas: anywhere almost a hundred million people and then the lasting effects of this like this wasn't like a this happened to ten years this was stuff that happened over centuries this was centuries in international what other event or what could possibly be a reason to not say this is one of this is the most egregious thing to happen I just can't wrap my head around that because what is worse? What's a more grave crime than this for centuries of people being pillaged, treated as property, eaten? Because cannibalism is recorded. But yet everyone wants to talk about Nat Turner and how Nat Turner was this horrible guy and he's a demon. But if you and your ancestors and your parents and grandparents were all being beaten, sexually taken advantage of, You know, everything just mistreated. They were doing inappropriate acts to men, women and children. And you had a chance, just the slightest chance, you got fed up and you had a chance to free yourself. You had a chance to go fight for your rights. How would you feel? But yeah, he's the bad guy, right? Okay, not saying murder is right, but it's like the world seems to overcompensate for other things that have happened. There is more outrage over 9-11, there's more outrage over other world events, there's more outrage over all these things, but when it comes to black people, no one cares. No one cares. Rwanda, people don't talk about that. The stuff, all the different civil wars that happened in Africa as a result of colonization, by the way, no one talks about that. They just let, they're just like, ⁓ well, that's just what they do. They're fighting sticks and stones. No, they have weapons that are being supplied to them for whoever's... funding whatever side they want to fund. And even in America, bro, it's like slavery cooked everything and people don't want to have the discussion. And America especially, because you look in the UK and you look at some other countries, it seems like it's not as bad. I granted, I don't live there, so I don't know. But in America, it's pretty bad. And it's like, it's astonishing that people try now more than ever to erase the history and to... act like things didn't happen and say that's not true and they're believing the crap that they see in the media. If this happened to your ancestors and your people, you'd be a little messed up too. You'd be a little confused too. You'd be a little, you take it personal. means something to you. And if it doesn't mean something, that's okay. You know what? You don't have to believe it because the people who died, they know the truth. The people who were murdered, they know the truth. The people who are forced to carry humans, they know the truth. Look at Andrew Jackson, look at all these people, the people on your money. Look what they owned, look at what they owned. And you tell me the truth. I don't know, man. It's crazy. 2026 and we still got people. I'm not surprised by the names on that list at all, You look at what they connected to, you look at what they support. And Argentina and Israel being on the same side in this is pretty ironic. And I'm not a history buff, but. Pretty sure Argentina in World War II was not pro what Israel is pro. Pretty sure. Malcolm: Hey man, that's a do it. That should do it. should tell me if you had any hope that the United States still cared about you and what you got going on. This should be the most telling sign, man. Thomas: Yeah, whatever, dawg. Screw it, dawg. Whatever, man. We here. We love America. I am what I am. We are what we are. What about SpaceX IPO for before we wrap up, man? What you think? You think Elon's going to make the push to be the first trillionaire? What we got going on? Malcolm: Of course he is. mean, don't... His greed knows no end. he's calling like... I've seen so much about this bro to the point where it's just like, like actually, yeah, like he's making Wall Street firms purchase, you have to purchase a subscription to Grok if you want to advise on his IPO. Like some banks have already agreed to spend tens of millions of dollars on Grok and integrating into their IT systems. He's, Elon is requiring banks, law firms, auditors, and other advisors working on the IPO to buy subscriptions to Grok, which is part of SpaceX. And they're not authorized to speak. Like, bro, like. I personally am not, like I do think he'll get to the point just because he has that type of access and that type of leverage. I do think it would be the most expensive or highest valuation private company IPO ever. ⁓ I just, don't think, this is something I'm gonna outstand on the sidelines to wait and see for a bit. Not the way the market's moving right now ⁓ with the amount of uncertainty and the market, market hate uncertainty. And that's all that's going on in America right now. It's gonna be something to see, but I personally would not, I'm not getting over levers in it. might, in the way that these type of access, think he's only preserving like 30 % or so for public invest, something like that, but. Know how to allocate, I don't know man. I'm not, it's gonna be a lot of great IPOs this year. If everybody does what they're supposed to do, but. I'm not like killing to get one random allocated share. ⁓ But we'll see how goes, man. But I just think that's a bubble waiting to pop to be honest with you. It just don't make sense to me. for, and most people can't even tell you what SpaceX does. They just know that Elon Musk is the, the, the face plastered over it. So ⁓ I'll see how I perform over the next month or two and try to make an informed decision from there. But I just think it's very overvalued. Thomas: And it's going to be SpaceX and Starlink, right? Because SpaceX bought Starlink. So it's combined. ⁓ I'm too broke for these conversations. I have zero dollars to my name. I... Only investments I have is in ⁓ Wonder Bread when I see it at the dollar store and I feel like slapping some mustard on there, you know, get me through the day. ⁓ But... Malcolm: Show you in your talk, man. Thomas: Yeah, I don't know man. Elon, he's doing it. I am not an enemy. Do not cut off my internet. Do not cut off my power, please. Do not make a car drive into me while I'm walking across the street, please. Malcolm: Scary times, man. Thomas: Very scary, man. I mean, we're not too far off from living in a Black Mirror episode. We already are, but like, man. Malcolm: Yeah, well, we covered a lot today, Thomas: Yeah, no, we did. I guess we'll be back next week if this episode goes out and gets more than 10 listeners. And ⁓ none of those 10 are people that want to make me never be able to make another episode again. I am healthy. I am happy. I am loving my life. Malcolm: Hey man, blessings to everybody that listens to this. By the time this uploads, it'll be Easter Sunday. know, happy Easter to all those who celebrate. ⁓ Everybody have a blessed Sunday, have a blessed week. ⁓ Let's get this money, man. We will catch you all in the next episode. Back to it, same too as always, Tackling the most current of events, the most interesting of problems and concepts, and always expanding. Thomas: Sir. Malcolm: our palette of learning. we look forward to continuing to engage with the next week. Appreciate all the supporters, man. Love for everybody who love us. Yeah. Thomas: Thanks man. ⁓ Yeah, what he said man. Love y'all. Peace. Malcolm: Peace out, man.