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#southafrica

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Lyla Mehta

‘South Africa’s history tells a different story — one where white dominance was not inevitable, where settler rule did not last & where a different future, however uncertain, remains possible.’

#Musk may try to subvert this story but ‘history , unlike Mars, is not his to colonize.'

#SouthAfrica #Musk #Apartheid

nytimes.com/2025/02/28/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | Elon Musk Is South African. We Shouldn’t Forget It.By William Shoki
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Decades later, the Tesla Cybertruck, lately a prime target for protesters demonstrating their dislike of CEO Elon Musk, blurs the boundaries between the battlefield and the public street. When Tesla released the Cybertruck in 2023, its dramatic style polarized the public. Popular theories abounded about its unusual look. Many speculated that its inspiration had come from spaceships of science fiction. In discussing the car’s aesthetic early on, Musk referenced cyberpunk and Blade Runner, a film that features sleek metallic vehicles, though with rounded silhouettes designed for aerodynamic speed. He’s also used the phrase “The future should look like the future”—a reference, his biographer Walter Isaacson said, to a question his son Saxon asked him once: “Why doesn’t the future look like the future?”

Whether or not this was intentional, the Cybertruck’s harsh, sharp edges remind us, instead, of something from the past: the larger armored personnel vehicles that patrolled streets throughout Musk’s youth in apartheid South Africa. In the 1980s, the Casspir proliferated across the country, moving from the battlefield and onto the streets. Initially improvised as a way to circumvent international sanctions against the apartheid government, the Casspir mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle was invented and produced domestically. It was a rugged all-terrain vehicle intended to withstand gunfire and mine explosions. It could drive up to 60 mph and be modified to add artillery functions.

Eventually, the Casspir was deployed to patrol townships, the residential neighborhoods where many Black South Africans lived (...) By the 1990s, the Casspir had become an iconic global symbol of apartheid oppression."

slate.com/news-and-politics/20

Slate · Elon Musk Wanted the Cybertruck to Look Like “the Future.” But It Reminds Us of One Particular Past.By Vivian Chenxue Lu
#Musk#Tesla#SouthAfrica
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

USA kicks out SA ambassador for... racism??

We live in an upside down world... worth a reminder of the history of Reagan's veto of the anti-apartheid bill, which was overturned overwhelmingly by Congress.

Can there be any doubt that the Trump Admin is the most racist, most white supremacist Administration in... a generation??

"Reagan vetoed the compromised bill on September 26, calling it "economic warfare" and alleging that it would mostly hurt the impoverished black majority and lead to more civil strife."

#apartheid #racism #southAfrica
flipboard.com/@washpost/world-

Reagan: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compre

The Washington Post - Karen DeYoung · Rubio says South African ambassador to U.S. ‘no longer welcome’By The Washington Post - Karen DeYoung
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Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!

Fun fact: Musk was only hailed as a "genius" in the US because of unearned adulation in the media. In South Africa they never took him seriously.

And South Africa's ambassador to the US just correctly observed that Elon Musk's promotion of the far right in Europe is based in racist ideas.

Which caused Marco Rubio to throw him out of the country, Putin style, for excessive accuracy. God this is humiliating.

#SouthAfrica #Musk #fascism

apnews.com/article/rubio-south

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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

Elon Musk's "affinity for Nazi salutes have also called into question his racial ideology, especially as a descendant of #Nazi sympathizers. That is according to his father, Errol Musk, who told the Podcast and Chill Network in November that the billionaire’s maternal grandparents supported #AdolfHitler and were members of the #German Nazi Party in #Canada before moving to #SouthAfrica in support of #apartheid."

newrepublic.com/post/192469/do

Text from article: Musk has practically made the notion of diversity his enemy as he works—via the Department of Government Efficiency—to strip and defund federal agencies whose missions make mention of inclusivity efforts. “DEI is just another word for racism,” Musk wrote in January. “Shame on anyone who uses it.” The world’s richest man’s affinity for Nazi salutes have also called into question his racial ideology, especially as a descendant of Nazi sympathizers. That is according to his father, Errol Musk, who told the Podcast and Chill Network in November that the billionaire’s maternal grandparents supported Adolf Hitler and were members of the German Nazi Party in Canada before moving to South Africa in support of apartheid.
#ElonMusk#Musk#Nazis
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

Trump Rushes to Do President Elon Musk’s Dirty Work With South Africa

#DonaldTrump attacked South Africa right after the country refused one of Elon Musk’s #business projects.
newrepublic.com/post/192469/do

"“ #Starlink is not allowed to operate in #SouthAfrica, because I’m not black,” Musk [lied]...

policy stipulates that all companies that do business in the nation must have at least 30% of their ownership or economic involvement owned by #Black South Africans."

Headline: Trump Rushes to Do President Elon Musk’s Dirty Work With South Africa Donald Trump attacked South Africa right after the country refused one of Elon Musk’s business projects. by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling March 7, 2025 / 9:59 a.m. ET
#ElonMusk#Musk#Racism
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