The brittleness of white billionaires
The brittleness of white billionaires
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Thanks, Obama.
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This crybaby can literally be racist, yet his supporters will still praise him.
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People playing fast and loose with the terms "discrimination" and "racism" really grind my gears. We are talking about centuries of fucking crimes against humanity, and some sad little fuckers have the nerve to conflate reparations with the very crimes that were committed.
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lol wow, so that’s pretty blatant.
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South Africa, so well known for being racist against white South African emerald mine heirs.
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I don't even know why I bother with this train of though at this point, but I just can't figure out if he seriously believes the shit he's spouting, or if he's just playing up the shock value like an edgelord. I mean, it's clear he's way dumber than he thinks himself to be, but I can't get the nuance in it...
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or if he’s just playing up the shock value like an edgelord
Nothing shocking about it, South Africa discriminates based on race.
Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Musk's SpaceX, has been unable to enter the South African market due to the country's Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) regulations. These laws require that companies providing communication services be at least 30% owned by historically disadvantaged groups to receive an operating license.
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If you're going to do business with someone it's completely reasonable that they set their own terms. Elon Musk does not have the right to force his business on a country that does not want to do business with him, no matter the reason. South Africa's BEE regulations are intended to re-balance the scales after decades of brutal apartheid and oppression. People like Elon Musk notice the loss of privileges they once enjoyed and interpret it as an infringement on their rights equivalent to or worse than historically oppressed (because disadvantaged does not do justice to what they suffered) groups.
And let's be very clear, if he wants to do business in South Africa he should comply with the regulations and grant a 30% ownership stake to historically oppressed groups. He is not compelled to do so just as South Africa is not compelled to grant him a license.
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That's awful that they'd use race to deny him when there are so many other good reasons.
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The article literally says South Africa bans Starlink due to the race of the owner. As his race does not meet South Africa's Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) regulations:
Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Musk's SpaceX, has been unable to enter the South African market due to the country's Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) regulations. These laws require that companies providing communication services be at least 30% owned by historically disadvantaged groups to receive an operating license.
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Billionaires should not exist, by any means necessary.
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@fyzzlefry @Confidant6198 I think that if their wealth and power can be controlled and limited somehow its mostly fine but the danger comes when their power gets out of hand and they go insane. I'm more chill with Bill Gates than musk is what I'm saying
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It's still the result of robbing the working class, and concentrated wealth like that is bad for everyone (even the billionaires).
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Gates is worse
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Perhaps he could learn the difference between not being black and being a total piece of shit.
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Geniuses like musk don't have time to wallow in such absurdity /s
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Anyone still on X at this point is a Nazi collaborator.
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Look who’s a victim ☹️
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He really does desperately want to identify as victim. Bullies and Abusers often do IME
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