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Musk: I own the company.
Proudhon: What did you make?
Musk: The company.
Proudhon: No. What did you make?
Musk: I organized capital, engineers, factories, patents, infrastructure...
Proudhon: Who built the factories?
Musk: Workers.
Proudhon: Who designed the machines?
Musk: Engineers.
Proudhon: Who built the roads, universities, electrical grid, internet and accumulated scientific knowledge?
Musk: Society, mostly.
Proudhon: And you own it?
Musk: Yes.
Proudhon: Wonderful. We've made enormous technological progress since 1840. Property is still theft, but now the thief has rockets.