On this day in 1776, the United States declared its independence from Britain. It wasn't merely a political separation. It was a revolution in the way governments were understood. The American Declaration of Independence proclaimed that every human being is created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights—among them Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Governments do not grant these rights. They exist to protect them. Their legitimacy comes only from the consent of the governed. That idea changed the Western world. I myself am not American. I was born in Canada and today live in Israel. Yet I have always deeply admired what the United States represents at its best: the idea that individual liberty is not granted by the state, but protected by it. There is a reason the Iranian regime has long referred to America as the "Great Satan" and Israel as the "Little Satan." Tyrants fear free societies because liberty threatens every system built on coercion, oppression, and fear. Exactly 200 years later, on July 4th, 1976, Israel demonstrated what those principles sometimes require. After Palestinian terrorists hijacked Air France Flight 139 and held more than one hundred Jewish and Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport in Uganda, Israel launched one of the most daring rescue operations in modern military history. Israeli commandos flew over 2,500 miles under complete secrecy, rescued 102 hostages, eliminated the terrorists, and returned home. The operation was led by Lt. Col. Yonatan (Yoni) Netanyahu, the older brother of Israel's current Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Yoni was the only Israeli soldier killed during the mission. An Israeli song about the operation contains a line that has always stayed with me: "At midnight they rose and struck at the edge of the world... to restore the dignity of man." I don't know of a better one-sentence summary of Operation Entebbe. It wasn't merely about rescuing hostages. It was about declaring that a free nation does not abandon its people, and that human dignity and liberty are worth crossing continents—and risking lives—to defend.

I've been seeing this sentiment a lot lately whenever Elon Musk's wealth comes up. What interests me isn't Elon himself. What interests me is the mindset behind the statement. The assumption is that wealth is a fixed pie. If Elon gets a larger slice, there must be less left for everyone else. In other words, for him to become richer, someone else must become poorer. That's a scarcity mindset. An abundance mindset starts from a different assumption. Wealth is not merely distributed. Wealth can be created. When Elon Musk became one of the wealthiest people in the world, he didn't take a trillion dollars out of a vault. His wealth was created because millions of people voluntarily bought products from his companies, invested in them, worked for them, and helped build them. More importantly, he didn't become wealthy alone. He reportedly created more than 4,400 millionaires. Thousands of employees, early investors, suppliers, contractors, and business partners became wealthy alongside him. His success didn't simply concentrate wealth. It created wealth throughout an entire ecosystem. This is one of the ideas I discuss in Think and Grow Rich Like a Jew. In Jewish thought, abundance is often described as shefa—a flow of blessing, prosperity, and opportunity. The people who create the most value often become conduits of that flow. Wealth moves through them and creates opportunities for countless others. Of course, not every billionaire earned their wealth by creating value. Some inherit it. Some benefit from political connections. Some build businesses that create less value than the wealth they extract. But when someone creates extraordinary value for millions of people, extraordinary wealth is often the natural consequence. The question isn't: "How much money does Elon have?" The more interesting question is: "How much value did he create in order to acquire it?" If reading about Elon Musk's wealth fills you with resentment rather than curiosity, it may be worth examining why.

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