Thermionic Valves or Pneumatic transport pipes?

Nah, it’s a poncy pub.

A bar retains the ponce but lacks beer.

They own, but they don’t control that ownership. Their savings are used as investment funds, but very few actually know what they are invested in. That control is in the hands of the indexes. S&P, NASDAQ and the like. Just because NASDAQ blessed SpaceX with being part of their index, millions of pensions bought the stock.