Elon Musk embracing South African heritage to 'fulfill destiny', proud dad says
Elon Musk embracing South African heritage to 'fulfill destiny', proud dad says
Speaking to the MailOnline, Errol said he's proud to watch his son "accepting who he is". He said: "I think for the first time Elon was accepting who he is. Until recently, he's been a sort of character on a stage.
"When you come from South Africa, Lefties think you're a Nazi. To succeed, you need to be accepted by them so my sons, [Elon and younger brother Kimbal, a hugely successful restaurateur], started to become these flaming liberals – turning away from South Africa and their roots, which included me. Finally, Elon was embracing his heritage and his destiny."
In a separate interview, Errol explained how right-wing poltics were at the core of his family's history. Elon's maternal grandparents relocated from Canada to South Africa in the early 1900s as they knew the Afrikaner government was a stronghold of support for Nazism outside of Germany.
"They used to support Hitler and all that sort of stuff. But they didn't know, I don't think they knew what the Nazis were doing. But they [the grandparents] were in the German Nazi party but in Canada. And they sympathise with the Germans. "
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Leftists: Elon is a fascist
Centrists: No he isn't, it's not ok for you to say that.
Elon's Dad: Elon is finally the Nazi we wanted him to be.
Centrists: Uh....
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Elon's maternal grandparents relocated from Canada to South Africa in the early 1900s as they knew the Afrikaner government was a stronghold of support for Nazism outside of Germany.
Man, how is this something you just share in an interview as if it's just a nice piece of family history.
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Isn't it a bit anachronistic to talk about Nazism in the 1900s? There were precursor German nationalist movements then, but the name "Nazism" is from later. That said, it sounds like Musk's family were ready to embrace it good and early.
Edit: Maybe that date is a misprint? Musk's mother was born in 1948. If her parents decided to move to South Africa in the 1900s for political reasons they'd have to have been adults then, which would make them implausibly old parents. Or maybe "early 1900s" is being used to mean "first half of the 20th century"?
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The later they moved to the birthdate in support of the Nazis, the more they knew and still kept their believes. I can't imagine what they and their children did in apartheid South Africa...
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Nazi party was only formed in 1920. Had to be after that. And I don't think the Nazi party faced much international ire until late 30s. IANAHistorian.
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Yes, we can all see Elon is embracing his heritage of brutal apartheid.
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His father is being quite explicit that he thinks Nazism is Elon Musk's true heritage.
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Both
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There you have it again, folks. Nazis.
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Musk:
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This is so messed up.
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Check out Errol Musk's relationship with his own stepdaughter. He has fathered two children with her.
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It's kind of weird that there's nothing from her about it. I wonder what will come out when Errol dies
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Elon Musk's dad is Elon Musk's brother?
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Piece of shit to the core. Doesn't plop far from the shit tree.
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They had "no idea" what the Nazis were but moved from a country against Nazis to a country with a strong base of Nazi sympathisers...
I wonder why people might think they were Nazis hmmm.
Elon was always "embracing" this side of himself, just that before 2016 he had to be more covert about it, as did all the other racist woodlouse that came out of the woodwork
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"I don't think they knew what the Nazis were doing."
😂
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At first, I thought it was the onion because, what the fuck
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So proud of his Nazi son.
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Fortunately, we know this man made his fortune from blood emeralds.