Could it be that Musk, who grew up in South Africa during Apartheid, has

[applegrove]

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no idea where the center is? So that is why he might support DeSantis? His whole childhood, if a black person was not working to help a white person get rich, or was not helping them be rich, they were expelled into another country called a Bantustan that second. If they were having a child, growing up, raising kids, unemployed, sleeping, old, ill, infirm, anything not work related and they were deported to a place with a separate tax base and no industry. That second. No social services from the very Wealthy South Africa State for them. Of course DeSants looks normal or to the center to Musk. Musk grew up in a hellscape.

Here he is implying DeSantis is centrist:

https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/26/elon-musk-support-ron-desantis-2024-president/

"SNIP......

Musk started the ball rolling Friday night when he responded to a question from a Twitter user, asking if he would back DeSantis. The new Twitter CEO simply stated, "Yes. But Twitter as a platform must be fair to all.”

Elon later posted another tweet ... “As a reminder, I was a significant supporter of the Obama-Biden presidency and (reluctantly) voted for Biden over Trump. My preference for the 2024 presidency is someone sensible and centrist. I had hoped that would [be] the case for the Biden administration, but have been disappointed so far.”

......SNIP"

[elleng]

1. useless fool.

you may be right.

[dalton99a]

2. He and his family profited immensely under the regime

[blogslug]

3. He's a 51 yr-old man who has lived long enough to know better

He has chosen to be the way he is now.

[area51]

13. +1 n/t

[pnwmom]

4. And he escaped from South Africa as the whites began to lose power.

End of apartheid

The Mahlabatini Declaration of Faith, signed by Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Harry Schwarz in 1974, enshrined the principles of peaceful transition of power and equality for all, the first of such agreements by black and white political leaders in South Africa. . .

In 1990, the National Party government took the first step towards dismantling discrimination when it lifted the ban on the ANC and other political organisations. It released Nelson Mandela from prison after 27 years of serving a sentence for sabotage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa

[yankee87]

5. No equality

I am starting to believe that Musk is a psychopath who believes people are useless pawns with no value except to serve him.

[Hekate]

6. Has anyone asked Trevor Noah what he thinks about Musk? They're from the same place, after all

It just seems Trevor might have some additional insight.

[JI7]

7. No, he isn't some innocent that just doesn't know any better

[anarch]

8. oh, he knows better; he just prefers fascism n/t

[Demanchor]

9. When George W was President I thought I'd found

The most evil person in the world. Republicans said hold my beer. Along came trump. For most of his squatting in the White House I thought I couldn’t find anyone more evil…

I’ve since learned evil has no bottom. I will no longer hold their beer.

[2naSalit]

10. Centrist...

As in ego-centrist.

[dalton99a]

11. +1. And ethnocentrist

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[2naSalit]

12. That's...

The word I was struggling to recall! Ego popped up in my head so I went with it since it fits too.

[DavidDvorkin]

14. I grew up in South Africa during Apartheid, so no

So did the whites who voted in a referendum to end Apartheid.

[applegrove]

15. Oh no it is not a black white thing. Many people fought for democracy.

I did admin assistance for study tours in Canada for ANC & other people before the 1994 elections. There were Terror Lekotas and Albie Sachs'. And the two Viljoen twins. It was a rainbow. (The twins did not talk to each other). The first election they could vote in for many was an election they were running in too. So we got them mentored. Jacob Zuma spent a week shadowing Ontario Premier Bob Rae and the like. Such an exciting & hopeful time.