I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
Romans 8:18 NIV
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Let me educate you not with anger, but with truth. You assume South Africans lack exposure. You assume we believe other African countries are poor and undeveloped. That is not the case. We know the reality. We know Nigeria has oil. We know Ghana has gold. We know Kenya has tech. We know Botswana has diamonds. We know Zambia has copper. We know Zimbabwe has platinum and lithium. We know the DRC sits on $24 trillion in minerals. We know Africa is rich.
But here is what you do not understand, wealth beneath the ground does not translate to prosperity above it. You can have all the minerals in the world but if your leaders steal, your constitutions hostile towards humans rights, if your institutions are corrupt, if your people are divided by tribe, if your healthcare collapses, if your schools crumble, if your youth flee then you are poor. Not in resources. In governance. In accountability. In dignity.
We do not look down on Africa. We look at the mirror Africa refuses to face. We see our own flaws corruption, unemployment, crime and we fight them. We protest. We vote. We demand better. That is what makes us different. We do not run. We stay. We build. We hold our leaders accountable, even when it hurts.
You say we lack exposure. But we see you. We see your leaders flying overseas to get treated, some in our country to get medical treatment, while your children starve. We see your ports exporting raw minerals while your people have no jobs. We are not blind. We are not ignorant. We are honest.
The difference between South Africa and many other African countries is not wealth. It is the willingness to confront failure. We own ours. You run from yours. That is not a lack of exposure. That is a lack of accountability. And until you fix that, no mineral, no resource, no tweet will save you. Go home. Fix your house. Then talk to us about exposure.
@KabeloMusic In your claim of being broke. let me thank you👊 for assisting a lot of students in Bloemfontein in previous years in many ways including letting them stay in your flats in Willows for free. You brought light to a lot of families with those actions. Salute
@Annie_Modiba They don't work, been there. Just buy multivitamins eat a lot of diary products and (fruits&veg) and get those zcc teas, cut alcohol for a bit then you will be good.
Elon, here's what you're missing or ignoring.
You call South Africa's DEI and Black Economic Empowerment laws "extremely racist." But you leave out a few critical facts.
1. Apartheid wasn't a neutral policy it was state-enforced racism.
For decades, the white minority (including your family) controlled over 80% of the land and nearly all the wealth. Black South Africans were forcibly removed from their homes, denied citizenship in their own country, and exploited for cheap labor. That's not ancient history it ended just 30 years ago.
2. Your own family directly benefited from that system.
You were born in Pretoria in 1971, at the height of apartheid. Your father, Errol Musk, has openly said apartheid was not racist and that Black people "shouldn't complain because they were fed." He has never condemned the regime he admired it.
3. Your grandfather, Joshua Haldeman, was a pro-Nazi activist.
He was arrested in Canada for supporting Hitler, then moved the family to South Africa precisely because apartheid offered a place where his racial ideology was welcomed. That's not speculation it's documented history.
4. Corrective policies like BEE are not "anti-white."
They are a modest attempt to return a fraction of what was stolen. Even today, white South Africans about 7-8% of the population still own the majority of private farmland and control most of the economy. Without these adjustments, the Black majority would be permanently locked out of their own land.
5. Here's the irony you refuse to see.
In a Black-majority country like South Africa, real DEI principles would actually protect the white minority from being overrun by majority rule. By calling these laws "racist" and pushing to remove them, you are arguing for a system where the Black majority could claim everything land, economy, rights with no guardrails.
That would be far more dangerous for white South Africans than BEE ever will be.
You left South Africa, became an American citizen, and now you lecture South Africans on fairness while your family's legacy is soaked in the very racism you claim to oppose.
If you truly believe in equal treatment for all races, start by acknowledging the history that made these laws necessary. And maybe have a conversation with your father about why he still defends apartheid.