• Jeena
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    524 days ago

    Musk is not american anyway so …

    • Alphane MoonOP
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      4 days ago

      He strikes me as a “wannabe American”. As someone who has lived in the US, but didn’t necessarily want to immigrate on a permanent basis, you can smell the deep insecurity with Elmo on this issue.

      • @[email protected]
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        64 days ago

        Well, considering his wealth, I’d say he’s living an American dream to its fullest extent.

        • @CaptnNMorgan
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          64 days ago

          I never heard “born rich” as part of the American dream. The idea behind the American dream is that you COULD become as wealthy as Elon, starting from nothing. Not only is that not true for him, but that hasn’t been true about any billionaire.

          • @[email protected]
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            -74 days ago

            His wealth before coming to US is incomparable to his wealth today. If you start with a $1,000 today and for the American dream like he did, you’ll be a multimillionaire.

            • @CaptnNMorgan
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              3 days ago

              His family ownes an emerald mine in South Africa. Where does that fall into the American dream?

              Edited for people who like ignoring points.

              • @[email protected]
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                -73 days ago

                His emerald mine owning family is dirt poor compared to Elon. You’re free to move the goalposts all you want but what Elon is doing is quite literally chasing the american dream.

                • @CaptnNMorgan
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                  23 days ago

                  Do you not understand that once you have certain amount of money to play with, I think it used to be $100,000, becoming a millionaire becomes significantly easier. Elon has taken zero part in the “American Dream”.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    Becoming a millionaire and becoming the richest people in the world are quite different. There’s plenty of people with 100k USD who are not and will never be as succesfull/wealthy as Elon.

                    But sure, whatever. You don’t like Musk so I don’t think anything anyone is going to say will change your mind on that.

      • Jeena
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        44 days ago

        Fair enough, I looked it up and it seems he has a US citicenship.

        • @londos
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          I looked it up too and honestly I don’t doubt that he does have US citizenship and there’s no scandal. But interestingly, the proof they offer is that he was registered to vote in Texas in 2002 and that wouldn’t be possible if he weren’t a citizen. I’m sure that’s also true. It’s just funny that that assumption would challenge Trump’s allegation of all the illegal immigrants registering to vote. According to him, Musk’s registration wouldn’t be proof of anything.

          https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/12/06/elon-musk-us-citizen-fact-check/76803209007/