Russia had everything—resources, education, strategic power. Yet its GDP per capita is one-sixth of America's. Four centuries of autocracy taught Russians nothing but control, corruption, and hardship. When you've never known trust-based institutions, you can't imagine building them. Seventy years of choices compound. Some nations built prosperity. Russia chose nothing.
Canada is committing suicide in slow motion. A nation with infinite land has created a housing crisis that rivals ancient city-states. We're forcing young people to choose between homeownership and children, then wondering why they're fleeing to Texas. History repeats: the exodus from feudal Europe is happening again—except this time, we're doing it to ourselves.
The Cybertruck was a revolutionary concept, but its polarizing design and manufacturing woes—including a mythical $39,900 price point that doubled upon release—led to sales plummeting. The NeoTerra is the reimagining: it keeps the genius of the stainless steel exoskeleton and performance specs but wraps them in a softened, human-centered design. This approach would have achieved volume, hit the target price, and made the future desirable, not confrontational.
When does human life begin? This question became personal as I watched my wife's pregnancy unfold—from invisible cells to kicks and movement at seven months. Science, law, philosophy, and faith offer different answers, but perhaps the simplest is truest: human life begins at conception and deserves protection from that first moment.
Josh Nash 