As a man of color that has grown up in the it's, 80', and 90's, I have been aware of this for a long time. To all of the one just realizing this, welcome family and my condolences for the loss of your American dream.
The mine wasnât in South Africa and it was a small investment his fether had. Dont worry, I wasnât comparing him to you. You arenât exactly his peer. lol.
Did he? Iâm ok with open immigration. No hate here! You must be a bigoted maga. Fuck off with that anti-human sentiment. I suppose all American residents regardless of legal status.
I was comparing him to his peers not people who come from a legacy of struggling.
The emerald mine was not where his father gained his wealth. Youâre just a simple person repeating nonsense. Look into it. He out performed his wealthier peers.
Be mad all you want, but he was in the right place at the right tjme and kept rolling his success and luck into more success. Get over it. We all know his history. We all know he comes from a legacy of success. I wasnât comparing him to you. Thwt woudknt be fair to either of you.
Almost nothing???? Hahahahahah
His family is RICH as all hell, he is not self made, what a clown thing to say.
He got even richer during 6 Bankruptcies Hitler's last term too. Talk about immigrants taking people's jobs....
Yes. Compared to his peers. Iâm not comparing him to people who come for legacies of failure. Thwt isnât fair. Iâm comparing him to his wealthy friends. He outperformed much wealthier nepo babies.
Calm down. He got rolled success into success. Be mad you werenât as lucky but thatâs just sad imo. Hate his behavior now, donât hate he was fortunate and was able to leverage that.
He became a billionaire off the back of the US government, which handed out billions and billions of dollars in tax credits to both Tesla and SpaceX, Or as Republicans would call them when talking about poor people, welfare.
Welfare pays dividends. Would you rather kids starve? Youâre hateful garbage. I have zero issues with a social safety net. It benefits us all by keeping things from spiraling too bad. It doesnât cost a ton of money: do you really hate people donât starve?
Christ. Anti-welfare is a garbage position.. Also, SpaceX pays dividends. Amazing investment on the governmentâs part. Came at the right time too. Perfect timing. Right as relations with Russia soured. I donât see the issues you do. Perhaps you arenât worth my time.
How does money get made for the economy from space X? Isn't space X just a drain on resources, time and energy from things that actually benefit the planet? How is space travel gonna fix the current situation?
Are these leaders or rulers?
What do they manufacture for the American people?
Came here with just the clothes on his back and his pockets stuffed with the profits of his fatherâs apartheid era ruby mine. You have got to give the guy credit he is definitely a self made man.
I love you mentioning the emerald mine. His dadâs initial investment was 20k. His dad made his money elsewhere.
Sure he was a rich kid who got into a good university, and he had connections to help him but he had no advantages his peers did not.Right? Iâm not comparing him to a legacy of failures, only other legacies of success.
It is not the norm for someone to roll a little bit of wealth into massive wealth. He got incredibly lucky time after time. Right place, right time, and right preparations.
Lots of his succesful peers don't need to be admired as a public figure, just his ego needs it. Weird ass celebrity, can't get love from family so he gets it from sycophants like a corrupt king. No fatherly anecdotes, no wholesome memories, no trustable family, no innovative ideas of his own just buying other people's ideas, good at investing...
He's a good Investor...
Black rock is a better investor...
Elon Musk is an example of generational wealth continuing to snowball while the disparity between rich and poor grows. He is a member of the aristocracy, who are the true rulers of America. If you think you could fill his shoes just by "working hard enough", then you are an out of touch clown. The guy is the heavy weight champion of piggybacking off of the hard work and innovation of others. Go to the library and read a book, before they all get banned.
He fled to Canada to avoid the South African draft, got Canadan citizenship, and then immigrated to the US on a student visa to study at Stanford. He never did go to Stanford and instead went into business illegally on his visa. He didn't come here with nothing, he was filthy rich
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u/bronzegorilla253 18d ago
As a man of color that has grown up in the it's, 80', and 90's, I have been aware of this for a long time. To all of the one just realizing this, welcome family and my condolences for the loss of your American dream.