Elon Muskthe CEO of successful companies like SpaceX or Tesla, is a rigorous businessman but in his free time he usually makes the news for his controversial opinions. On this occasion, the tycoon, also owner of ex-wives of millionaires and their role in society.
“'Super rich ex-wives who hate their ex-spouse' should be featured on the 'Reasons Western Civilization Died' list,” Musk tweeted, before quickly deleting the message.
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If you thought his message was directed at Grimes, well no, the mother of it means.
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Rather, specialized voices believe that it refers to the philanthropic actions of ex-wives of billionaires, in a gesture that many have interpreted as a direct attack on MacKenzie Scottex-wife of Jeff Bezos and who has already donated 32% of her fortune acquired after the divorce.
And Musk suggested in his tweet that donations to causes that benefit women and minorities could contribute to the “collapse of western civilization”, a statement that he later decided to delete due to the negative reaction of users.
Of course, it is estimated that this tweet did not come out of nowhere. Rather, it could arise in response to accusations from an X user, who criticized Scott for their support of non-profit organizations focused on race and/or gender.
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Let's remember that Musk is not a person who accepts inclusion, much less social issues. Through the same social network, the billionaire has on different occasions extended criticism towards diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, arguing that these represent a form of “reverse racism”.
“It will take a plane to crash and kill hundreds of people to change this crazy DIE policy,” he wrote in January, referring to a United Airlines program that allows black students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to interview to become airline pilots.
MacKenzie Scott, for her part, has been a prominent figure in the field of philanthropy since her divorce from Bezos in 2019, and it was recently announced that she has already has donated more than $16.5 billion to a wide variety of charities through his foundation Yield Giving.
His contributions include causes in favor of affordable housing, reproductive care, and youth training, something Musk would never fund.
While the SpaceX CEO himself has participated in philanthropic efforts through his Musk Foundation, created in 2002 along with his brother, the foundation does not focus on social issues. To date, it has allocated resources to the human space exploration, pediatric research and the development of safe artificial intelligence.