Musk discusses entrepreneurship, government reform, and the future of Europe, warning that the EU may perish if it does not reform.

TSL (Tesla) and SpaceX founder Elon Musk shared their views on entrepreneurship, government operations, and global situations in an interview on 2/9. He described entrepreneurship as eating glass and staring into the abyss, a painful process with a very low success rate. As for the government, he criticized the bureaucratic system for hindering development, even describing the EU headquarters as a bureaucratic church. In addition, he issued a warning about Europe's immigration policies, economic development, and cultural preservation, fearing that Europe may perish if it does not reform.

Entrepreneurship is like eating glass, high pressure and accompanied by pain.

Elon Musk believes that entrepreneurship is a tough battle, and the process is like "eating glass and staring into the abyss", enduring pain, working long hours, and ultimately may fail. He emphasizes: "If you need encouragement to start a business, you'd better not start one!" Because this path is very difficult, and most startups will eventually fail.

The difficulty of government reform is approaching the level of the Demon King's Gate, and the bureaucratic problem is more serious than imagined.

Musk pointed out that the biggest enemy of government reform is 'bureaucracy', second only to the law of increasing entropy in physics. It is the irreversible trend of the universe towards chaos. He believes that long periods of peace often lead to government expansion, with regulations constantly increasing every year, leading to limited development. He advocates the establishment of a government efficiency department to specifically eliminate outdated regulations, otherwise, society will be like blocked blood vessels, ultimately paralyzing the entire system.

He admitted that the reform of reducing the size of the government has almost never succeeded in history, and even President Ronald Reagan, who pledged to abolish the U.S. Department of Education, was unable to do so in the end. Therefore, he believes that in addition to cutting unnecessary regulations, it is necessary to reduce government spending to avoid national bankruptcy.

The European Union is a bureaucratic cathedral that is in greater need of reform than the United States.

In terms of European government operations, Musk bluntly stated that the EU headquarters in Brussels is like the grandest bureaucratic institution in the world. He believes that there are too many levels of European government, not only national governments, but also EU institutions.

The above factors lead to complex regulations, and innovation is also hindered. Describing the bureaucratic problems of the European Union as "slow suicide", with more and more regulations every year, squeezing the space for business survival, ultimately leading to stagnation of the European economy.

Musk calls on European countries to take immediate action to cut excessive and outdated regulations in order to revitalize the economy.

Trade wars and tariff policies, the United States should defend fair competition

When it comes to global trade, Musk said that American companies are facing unfair competition because some countries impose high tariffs on American goods, while the United States opens its market to these countries. He believes that the Trump administration's trade war and tariff measures are mainly aimed at ensuring 'fair competition' rather than unilaterally punishing other countries. He further stated that if this unequal situation continues, Trump or other leaders will continue to use tariff measures to counteract it in the future.

European immigration policy is out of control and needs immediate reform

Elon Musk has strongly criticized Europe's immigration policy. He believes that immigration policy should be reasonably controlled and ensure that criminals can be deported, otherwise it will affect social security. "It is completely unreasonable if criminals who harm locals are not deported!" he emphasized.

In addition, Musk also criticized the censorship in Germany, believing that there is strict speech control in the country, and even people have been sentenced for criticizing political figures, which is unacceptable in a democratic society. He supports the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, because the party advocates "freedom of speech" and "a reasonable immigration policy."

Low fertility crisis, European culture is feared to be swallowed by the global melting pot

In response to the phenomenon of low global fertility rates, Musk warned that without new births, civilization will eventually become extinct. He stated that the fertility rates of many countries have fallen below replacement levels, such as China's birth rate remaining at only 60% of the replacement rate, indicating a potential loss of around 600 million people in the next few generations. South Korea's fertility rate has dropped to 1.3, and if it continues to decline, the population may only be 3% to 4% of the current level within three generations.

Musk is also concerned that although globalization and multicultural exchange have advantages, if the unique cultures of each country are not maintained, the future world may become 'uniform' and lose cultural diversity. He advocates for Europe to increase birth rates and protect local culture, otherwise the culture of many countries will disappear in the future.

Europe's future three key reforms, otherwise it may be difficult to survive

Musk believes that if Europe wants to continue to prosper in the future, it must make three major reforms:

Substantially reducing government regulations and bureaucracy to get the economy back on track.

Adjust immigration policies to ensure social security and protect local culture.

Greatly increase the birth rate to ensure the continuation of civilization.

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