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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo people think they know who the real Musk is? Maybe not.
Seth Abramson's been digging and thinking. And writing, some of it in substack, some in Blue Sky, and some in both.
This is an eye-opening read, well cited and insightful.
'But to stand alongside MAGA demagogues on immigration as Trumpism continues its decade of expansion in American politics, Musk has had to ensure that articles and books about him published during The MAGA Erawhich began in June 2015dont encourage enterprising journalists or citizen researchers to look at the possibility that Musk was a longtime crypto-illegal immigrant himself. Which, as it happens, he was.'
https://sethabramson.substack.com/p/proof-exclusive-elon-musks-many-years
EDIT: Wanted to use image for the quote, but haven't got the how-to memo yet.

CousinIT
(11,079 posts)So they can lord over Earth and have it as THEY want without sharing anything with peasants.
Really scares me.
I remember him in an interview about Fivver, he was asked what he thought about it, and people doing jobs for $5.
He said it was the best thing ever. That it was good for people to always be looking for work, that stable employment and income wasn't the best thing for people.
Shudder.
CousinIT
(11,079 posts)That's the billionaire robber baron psychopath way.
SteadySeas
(19 posts)it's a popular dictator playbook to subjugate and eliminate a population. No fight back, no ability to resist. The Poles imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto are mourned, yet rightly remembered for their determination, courage and unity in the face of the horrors of Nazi occupation. There have been others who likewise endured and won their freedom and lives.
We, as a people, are strong; Americans never back down, never give up, and don't go down without a fight. We're going to be tested, and these are vital things to remember in the times ahead.
Mike 03
(18,211 posts)Putin's Russia, there's a statement that regardless of economic circumstances and inflationary pressures in the economy Putin was insistent that vodka remain cheap and plentiful. This is why I'm skeptical Trump has ever really wanted to do anything about Fentanyl flooding into the country. He wants Americans to be uneducated, credulous as to every crazy conspiracy theory, sick, addicted and passive.
Mike 03
(18,211 posts)of Peter Theil, "The Contrarian," Elon Musk (who was interviewed because of his experience with Theil starting PayPal) accuses Theil of being a psychopath, or sociopath. Independently, many people have come to the same conclusion about Musk.
These are the people who hold the United States and every citizen in it in their hands. It's a horrifying thought.