Tech billionaire and close adviser to President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, is lending his voice to encourage the pardon of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd in May 2020.

  • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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    22 hours ago

    Musk was 19 when apartheid in South Africa ended.

    As in, lily white Musk lived for 19 years as an heir to a blood emerald mine in apartheid South Africa.

    There is simply no way he isn’t racist. I would believe Trump isn’t racist before believing Elon isn’t.

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      21 hours ago

      I phrased it poorly by saying I genuinely don’t think he cares about that. I agree with you. what I mean is I don’t think that’s his primary goal. I think it’s a nice bonus that he also gets to absolve a fellow racist