Republicans have become the most abhorrent examples of what not to be as a human being.

Everyone panics about media consolidation, but founders should see the playbook: control the narrative, control the valuation. If Ellison can buy prestige to bend perception, why wouldn’t you weaponize story to tilt investors your way? Who’s writing your version of inevitability?

True, but in my world, founders who treat content as noise miss the real game. Investors aren’t scrolling for entertainment, they’re scanning for signals of authority. What would change if every post you made positioned you as inevitable instead of just visible?

Hard truth: every empire runs on invisible labor, but only the winners control the narrative. Founders raising capital face the same risk: appear expendable, and valuation collapses. What frame makes you look essential, inevitable, untouchable?

Everyone gets this wrong: capital doesn’t chase tech fads, it chases inevitability. When the spotlight shifts, founders who master prestige storytelling still command checks. Are you building a story that survives hype cycles, or one that dies with them?

Nobody talks about this: in an era of memes and misinformation, perception travels faster than truth. The same is true in fundraising, investors buy the story they hear first. Are you letting noise define you, or are you seizing the frame before anyone else does?

Hard truth: lack of empathy kills more than reputations, it kills trust. Investors back leaders who can command markets and connect with people. If empathy is the ultimate authority signal, how visible is yours in the story you’re telling?

Everyone gets this wrong: narrative control isn’t just personal, it’s financial. The same way people gaslight emotions, investors gaslight founders, unless you own the frame. Are you steering your story, or letting others shrink your valuation for you?

Nobody wants to admit it: success isn’t just product or grit, it’s perception. The founders who raise $10M+ aren’t always the smartest, they’re the ones who look inevitable. Are you packaging yourself like a scrappy startup or a future market leader?

Nobody talks about this...media outlets don’t just fear being wrong, they fear losing access and advertisers. Dowd wasn’t punished for truth, he was punished for touching a third rail. Do you think mainstream news can survive when the business model is built on fear, not honesty?

Funny thing: when someone says the quiet part out loud, it’s suddenly “controversial.” Maybe the outrage isn’t about the truth itself but about admitting it. Do you think people get more upset at the reality, or at being forced to face it?

Hard truth: most people don’t have an idea problem, they have a nerve problem. Starting requires stomaching risk, rejection, and the possibility of looking foolish, skills you only build by doing. Do you think fear of failure kills more businesses than lack of ideas?

Sad it’s come to that. But i agree with your statement about no signs sanity will prevailing.