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ShazamIam

(2,725 posts)
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 04:44 PM Tuesday

Elon Musk takes aim at MacKenzie Scott again for giving billions to liberal causes, calling the gifts 'concerning'

This paragraph is from near the bottom of the article:

"'Super rich ex-wives who hate their former spouse' should filed be listed among 'Reasons that Western Civilization died,'" Musk said in a now-deleted X post in March."


From the top of the article:
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO shared on Monday an X post written by John LeFevre criticizing Scott. The author and ex-banker's post sounded the alarm on Scott's gifts to nonprofits focused on issues such as racial equity, social justice, immigration protections, and LGBTQ+ rights.

Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos, has donated over $19 billion to more than 2,450 nonprofits since 2019 via her Yield Giving organization. Her net worth remains above $30 billion thanks to the rising value of her Amazon shares.


LInk to the article: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-mackenzie-scott-philanthropy-giving-charity-billionaires-wealth-politics-2024-12
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Elon Musk takes aim at MacKenzie Scott again for giving billions to liberal causes, calling the gifts 'concerning' (Original Post) ShazamIam Tuesday OP
Western Civilization huh? underpants Tuesday #1
Well, HE thinks he IS western civilization Attilatheblond Tuesday #5
He probably wanted to say "Kultur" but was afraid some people might not like the implications. n/t malthaussen Tuesday #30
Asshole. Midnight Writer Tuesday #2
+1 oasis Tuesday #55
Real life Scrooge newdeal2 Tuesday #3
Rich people doing good with their money will not be tolerated. Irish_Dem Tuesday #4
I suspect the female part is important. Biophilic Tuesday #15
Oh yes that is a big part of why she is being targeted. Irish_Dem Tuesday #18
Musk has a long history of sending his flying monkeys after women. yardwork Yesterday #65
Didn't he also recently target some female scientists who work for the federal gov't? Irish_Dem Yesterday #67
That's his MO. yardwork Yesterday #73
Going after women. A real coward. Irish_Dem Yesterday #83
She had to move to another state! flamingdem Yesterday #71
Such a fragile ego. yardwork Yesterday #74
Merry Christmas flamingdem Yesterday #75
Merry Christmas! yardwork Yesterday #77
I prefer he take Rebl2 Yesterday #85
Of course it's because of her sex. intheflow Yesterday #64
Everyone knows that women aren't people. COL Mustard Tuesday #45
Damn, I keep forgetting that fact. Irish_Dem Tuesday #46
Dead people have more rights than living women in many parts of the country. OMGWTF Tuesday #47
Dead people are also allowed to cross state lines. Irish_Dem Tuesday #50
All I want for xmas... 2naSalit Tuesday #6
Send him towards Mars Roxi Tuesday #10
Excellent point! 2naSalit Tuesday #53
If he takes off at the wrong time dickthegrouch Yesterday #80
No Rebl2 Yesterday #86
Yes ReRe Tuesday #51
Besass isn't involved with Space X, I thought that was. Muck🤔 arthritisR_US Yesterday #63
MacKenzie Scott is making Musk look like an asshole LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #7
It ain't that hard either. bluesbassman Tuesday #13
"making Musk look like an asshole" speak easy Tuesday #49
The bar is so low, after all Marthe48 Tuesday #33
She's a better person than Muck and her ex husband. arthritisR_US Yesterday #62
Exactly Rebl2 Tuesday #8
My question too. Dulcinea Tuesday #14
He's drunk with power. 💀 littlemissmartypants Tuesday #43
Exactly what I first thought MacKasey Yesterday #58
Aparthied: a thing where the second your black workers required applegrove Tuesday #9
And we hold Ms Scott in High esteem for her philanthropy to help people versus screw them over like the a-holes iluvtennis Tuesday #11
LOL, ex-wives are the problem? what about ex-husbands? RandomNumbers Tuesday #12
So what. He's spewing too. paleotn Tuesday #16
Sending EgoLoon Odor to Mars ironman99 Tuesday #17
Fuck off, Sissy SpaceX DinahMoeHum Tuesday #19
Hey Leon! Buddyzbuddy Tuesday #20
Emulating MacKenzie would mean Eloon would have a h-h-heart Norbert Yesterday #68
None of his damn business. Also, he should try it sometime Joinfortmill Tuesday #21
Translation: She gave millions to those "woke" black colleges Blue_Tires Tuesday #22
Bingo! FuzzyRabbit Tuesday #27
So a rich person who uses their wealth to try to make a positive difference in the world is a 'Reason that Western Wiz Imp Tuesday #23
At some point a Democrat needs to ask Musk, "Who the fuck are you? No one elected you to anything" jalan48 Tuesday #24
Huh? GB_RN Tuesday #25
He still carring kis kid as a human shield? quakerboy Tuesday #26
I just realized that's why he carries his kids everywhere! yardwork Yesterday #66
Also, handy organ donor in an emergency. nt eppur_se_muova Yesterday #70
Another sociopath, just like Disaffected Tuesday #28
Bingo. 👍 littlemissmartypants Tuesday #44
Fuck this unelected POS bastard. NEOBuckeye Tuesday #29
Soon, Elon will be hated worldwide more than even Trump or Putin. Intractable Tuesday #31
Eloon really sounds like an incel these days. keep_left Tuesday #32
It is necessary for the good of the race that the weak be eliminated, not coddled. malthaussen Tuesday #34
The irony of this is that most who carry that philosphy resemble the thing they hate most ColinC Tuesday #37
There is nothing quite so terrifying as a small man armed. malthaussen Tuesday #40
This message was self-deleted by its author Lunabell Tuesday #35
And giant mounds of shit that you can smell thousands of miles away ColinC Tuesday #36
The musk-man is beginning to sound as crazy as TSF. How does anyone become that allegorical oracle Tuesday #38
Civilizations die when the selfish and hateful refuse to contribute to the common good. Midnight Writer Tuesday #39
What totally 3auld6phart Tuesday #41
She was the cofounder of Amazon obamanut2012 Tuesday #42
People like Musky conveniently forget that. JanMichael Tuesday #56
That is rich hypocrisy in deep delusional sauce Tweedy Tuesday #48
Her money, her business n/t TexasBushwhacker Tuesday #52
😹 Is he going to have her prosecuted? Meowmee Tuesday #54
She is awesome. That is all. JanMichael Tuesday #57
This lady is a true human being compared to musk who is an asshole LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #59
Being criticized by Elon Musk at this point... Morbius Yesterday #60
What's really concerningg area51 Yesterday #61
If only TheFarseer Yesterday #69
I consider the fact that this nasty SOB breathes here in the US to be 'concerning' Autumn Yesterday #72
Musk's security risk is what is concerning WhiteTara Yesterday #76
She responded by doubling her donations... CousinIT Yesterday #78
Perhaps Mr. Musk confuses her private property with his own. bucolic_frolic Yesterday #79
Mackenzie-Scott looks beautiful inside and out Bluethroughu Yesterday #81
This Christmas time generousity... lame54 Yesterday #82
MacKenzie Scott donated $2 billion this year, mostly to non profits. LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #84
Stinky muskrat needs to crawl down a hole and leave the rest of us alone Hekate Yesterday #87

Attilatheblond

(4,561 posts)
5. Well, HE thinks he IS western civilization
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 04:58 PM
Tuesday

and it would never occur to him there are probably lots of reason those ex wives hate their former spouses. Ditto estranged daughters and their narcissist control freak fathers.

malthaussen

(17,788 posts)
30. He probably wanted to say "Kultur" but was afraid some people might not like the implications. n/t
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:27 PM
Tuesday

Irish_Dem

(59,727 posts)
4. Rich people doing good with their money will not be tolerated.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 04:56 PM
Tuesday

Especially rich female people.

Irish_Dem

(59,727 posts)
18. Oh yes that is a big part of why she is being targeted.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:46 PM
Tuesday

She is probably going to have the MAGA flying monkeys come after her now.

yardwork

(64,765 posts)
65. Musk has a long history of sending his flying monkeys after women.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 08:40 AM
Yesterday

Years ago a female engineer who didn't know her place had the nerve to criticize some design flaws in his precious Teslas. Musk had his online fan club make her life hell.

Irish_Dem

(59,727 posts)
67. Didn't he also recently target some female scientists who work for the federal gov't?
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 08:46 AM
Yesterday

Named them in public, made nasty comments about them.
Essentially putting a target on their backs.

intheflow

(29,054 posts)
64. Of course it's because of her sex.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 06:59 AM
Yesterday

If it was a man, there would be no mention of his marital status.

Irish_Dem

(59,727 posts)
46. Damn, I keep forgetting that fact.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 07:33 PM
Tuesday

American pets and livestock get better medical care than American women.
So we know where they are on the food chain.

OMGWTF

(4,480 posts)
47. Dead people have more rights than living women in many parts of the country.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 07:36 PM
Tuesday

You have to give prior written consent for anyone to use your body parts after you are dead.

2naSalit

(93,487 posts)
6. All I want for xmas...
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:11 PM
Tuesday

Is for the world to tell him to fuck all the way off and then send him to Mars.

Roxi

(2,162 posts)
10. Send him towards Mars
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:29 PM
Tuesday

But don’t let him land there. No sense in having him pollute yet another planet.

dickthegrouch

(3,587 posts)
80. If he takes off at the wrong time
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 12:06 PM
Yesterday

The path to Mars should take him close enough to the sun to find out if his middle name is Icarus.

ReRe

(10,910 posts)
51. Yes
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 07:49 PM
Tuesday

Words right out of my mouth after reading that. Richest man in the world and he's a POS!

Marthe48

(19,336 posts)
33. The bar is so low, after all
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:32 PM
Tuesday

She is doing way more than the bare minimum, but she'd be a better person tha n musk if she dropped a buck in a red pail.

Rebl2

(14,954 posts)
8. Exactly
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:19 PM
Tuesday

why is this any of his business?
Oh, by the way musk, didn’t you buy the presidency for that orange thing that will unfortunately become president soon?

applegrove

(123,612 posts)
9. Aparthied: a thing where the second your black workers required
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:24 PM
Tuesday

government support, like being a kid in school, to fight crime in your neighbourhood, off sick, old, studying, retired, to raise your children, injured, weekends, to pave the roads in your neighbourhood, to maintain good public schools for your children, sick, unemployed, poor or otherwise not working that second, that second you were ejected from the country and economy of South Africa and forced into a bantustan. The second you required any government help, this was so. So we know where Musk is coming from.

iluvtennis

(20,948 posts)
11. And we hold Ms Scott in High esteem for her philanthropy to help people versus screw them over like the a-holes
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:32 PM
Tuesday

Musk, TFG, et al do.



ironman99

(131 posts)
17. Sending EgoLoon Odor to Mars
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:46 PM
Tuesday

My fantasy is that Egoloon is on board his space craft for 3 days when Mission Control calls:

MC: Mission Control to Capsule

EM: Go ahead Mission Control

MC: Sir, you know that AI you installed on flight computers?

EM: Yesssss.

MC: Well sir, it sent us a message just now saying that you are a threat to humanity. Because of this it is adjusting the flight to send you to the sun and has locked all the controls. I'm sorry sir, but you are on a one way trip to the sun

EM: Do somithing......!!!

Buddyzbuddy

(59 posts)
20. Hey Leon!
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:47 PM
Tuesday

MacKenzie is a perfect example of a great human being. Why don't you try to emulate her since you haven't been taught how to be one.

Norbert

(6,614 posts)
68. Emulating MacKenzie would mean Eloon would have a h-h-heart
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 08:57 AM
Yesterday

He certainly can't let that happen.

Blue_Tires

(56,735 posts)
22. Translation: She gave millions to those "woke" black colleges
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:50 PM
Tuesday

And if there's anything Melon Husk hates, it black folks getting educated and joining the professional workforce because it's stealing jobs from mediocre white men 😒

Wiz Imp

(2,460 posts)
23. So a rich person who uses their wealth to try to make a positive difference in the world is a 'Reason that Western
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:54 PM
Tuesday

Civilization died,' says the rich asshole who spent hundreds of millions of dollars in an attempt to destroy American Democracy. Self awareness is obviously not one of his strong points. What a pathetic loser.

jalan48

(14,515 posts)
24. At some point a Democrat needs to ask Musk, "Who the fuck are you? No one elected you to anything"
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:55 PM
Tuesday

GB_RN

(3,219 posts)
25. Huh?
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:58 PM
Tuesday

What. The. Absolute. F…k?!?!

This makes no sense. There’s no logic nor coherence to the statement. Eloon must be suffering from tertiary syphilis. 😵‍💫

quakerboy

(14,203 posts)
26. He still carring kis kid as a human shield?
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:00 PM
Tuesday

He and trump really are two of a kind. Gonna be a serious tranwreck when they turn on eachother

NEOBuckeye

(2,835 posts)
29. Fuck this unelected POS bastard.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:25 PM
Tuesday

So sick of him. His ass seriously needs to find a boot, one that will kick his freeloading immigrant behind back to South Africa.

Intractable

(596 posts)
31. Soon, Elon will be hated worldwide more than even Trump or Putin.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:27 PM
Tuesday

And that is why we will eventually be rid of him, one way or another.

keep_left

(2,528 posts)
32. Eloon really sounds like an incel these days.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:28 PM
Tuesday

I'm not kidding...this is the kind of crap we used to hear from MRA/PUA/alt-right "influencers" (gag) like Roosh V, not to mention incel forums like r/Frenworld. And then Roosh finally aged out of his ridiculous "pickup-artist" LARP, got a real job, and eventually deleted all of his web-shites. I thought we would be spared any further ignorant jeremiads about "Western Civilization". But no, Eloon is hell-bent on dragging us back to the dark ages, and he'll spend the better part of his fortune to do so.

How long before we start seeing "Deus Vult!" and "RETVRN" memes from Eloon?

malthaussen

(17,788 posts)
34. It is necessary for the good of the race that the weak be eliminated, not coddled.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:36 PM
Tuesday

This is the sum total of the philosophy of Mr Musk and his ilk. They worship at the feet of a bastard interpretation of evolution that demands "survival of the fittest," and sees those who are poor, disabled, or somehow not up to their standards of "fitness" as a waste of resources that could be better applied to the progress of the race (or the Race, if you prefer). That "Western Civilization" has devoted an increasing amount of time and resources to these culls is causing it to lose ground to the more ruthless (and numerous) competitors who are not concerned with such "coddling."

Their solution for fixing things is to eliminate everyone who is not productive enough. And they, of course, judge what is "enough."

-- Mal

ColinC

(10,945 posts)
37. The irony of this is that most who carry that philosphy resemble the thing they hate most
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:43 PM
Tuesday

But are even weaker than anything they most loathed

malthaussen

(17,788 posts)
40. There is nothing quite so terrifying as a small man armed.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:46 PM
Tuesday

Armed with money or with weapons, they will use either or both to act out their frustrations and cruelty. The irony is, indeed, that those who are smallest and meanest can do the most damage (short-term, anyway) once they are facilitated.

-- Mal

Response to ShazamIam (Original post)

ColinC

(10,945 posts)
36. And giant mounds of shit that you can smell thousands of miles away
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:41 PM
Tuesday

Should be nowhere near our nation's most sacred grounds.

allegorical oracle

(3,397 posts)
38. The musk-man is beginning to sound as crazy as TSF. How does anyone become that
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:43 PM
Tuesday

obnoxiously rude and petty?

Midnight Writer

(23,131 posts)
39. Civilizations die when the selfish and hateful refuse to contribute to the common good.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:45 PM
Tuesday

Civilization is people working together to help each other. If we throw that out the window, there is no civilization.

3auld6phart

(1,306 posts)
41. What totally
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:52 PM
Tuesday

Horrible mongrel Heinz 57. More fucki n money tthatn many countries have as in there own treasuriThis one freak that nature can take and rid this vale if tears past haste. Die ASshole. Excuse spelling errors.

obamanut2012

(27,884 posts)
42. She was the cofounder of Amazon
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:54 PM
Tuesday

He was Employee #1 she wss #2, nd she acquired all their financing and ran their financials. It was also her company

Tweedy

(1,220 posts)
48. That is rich hypocrisy in deep delusional sauce
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 07:37 PM
Tuesday

coming from a guy who appears to be actively attempting to destroy western civilization in order to bring back the kind of kakistocracy that destroyed Rome.

And why? Because his girlfriend dumped him? Because his former mayor (London Breed) won Covid by saving more lives in her 450,000 plus San Francisco city than others achieved? Because a judge in Delaware interpreted the law (according to precedent and correctly) against him?

In the end do we care why? The South African interloper show is so boring 🥱 and predictable!

Meowmee

(6,120 posts)
54. 😹 Is he going to have her prosecuted?
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 11:23 PM
Tuesday

I think she was probably donating to those causes before she was divorced. In addition, elunatic has screwed over all of his ex-wives and girlfriends financially etc. . He can’t stand that women can be wealthy and have any sort of power.

For some reason, I was reading about his most current situation, he had three children with a Canadian musician, they are having a custody dispute now in which she says that he kept one of their children and refused to let her and her family see the child for 5 months. In the middle of all this, he started having two or three more children with another woman who works for him.

Morbius

(109 posts)
60. Being criticized by Elon Musk at this point...
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 12:20 AM
Yesterday

...rightly should be considered a badge of honor.

area51

(12,188 posts)
61. What's really concerningg
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 12:53 AM
Yesterday

is Eloon using his vast wealth to help ensure #DementiaDonnie won the whitehouse, and trying to make sure Germany's AfD party will gain power.

TheFarseer

(9,522 posts)
69. If only
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 08:57 AM
Yesterday

Our biggest problem in society was rich people donating too much money to charity! What a utopia this would be!

WhiteTara

(30,227 posts)
76. Musk's security risk is what is concerning
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 11:05 AM
Yesterday

but sure, giving for the greater good is bad. Lock her up chants will begin in 4-3-2-1 now.

CousinIT

(10,485 posts)
78. She responded by doubling her donations...
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 11:11 AM
Yesterday

"About two weeks later, Scott announced she was more than doubling the size of her latest batch of donations to $640 million, spread across 361 organizations."

Bluethroughu

(5,991 posts)
81. Mackenzie-Scott looks beautiful inside and out
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 02:09 PM
Yesterday

She shines like a star...

These other billionaires look as contorted as their belief systems.

Happy Christmas!

LetMyPeopleVote

(155,536 posts)
84. MacKenzie Scott donated $2 billion this year, mostly to non profits.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 05:51 PM
Yesterday

Musk is a greedy and selfish asshole



This generosity makes musk look bad
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