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          White is also a goofy way to describe a pretty broad group of differnet ethnicities. Kinda in the same way its goofy to say that all people in Africa + aboriginals are just black.

          I’m Danish, forexample and I can almost always tell when I see an ethnic Dane in the wild. Like Elijah Wood’s wife. First time I saw a picture of her I immediately suspected she was Danish.

          I can typically tell when someone is ethnically Swedish, Norwegian or Finnish too. There is pf course exceptions and overlaps, but the subtle differences are there and in some people, very very VERY noticeable. I can tell when someone is French. I can tell when someone is from a Slavic country. I can tell who is German and who is Dutch.

          I’m sure, that if I lived in an African country, I’d be able to tell what ethnic groups people belong to as well. Doesn’t really matter at the end of the day, especially not now that Europe is more multi-ethnic than ever, but yeah, it’s just weird to hear about this American way of categorizing groups of people as if we are all the same.

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          It’s especially wild considering their complexion, which is widely known to be exceedingly white, certainly by the dumbasses that decided they’re somehow not.

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    People are allowed to criticize the country they live in that’s kind of the whole point of America. You don’t have to like Musk, but telling people to “get out” isn’t exactly the freedom everyone claims to defend.

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      Musk has not just “criticized” the US. He has meddled in our politics, and is directly responsible for the dismantling of the administrative state in the US.

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        Don’t forget about genocide and eugenics. It’s really interesting if you look at it from perspective of Australia that started as penal colony. Looks like from history perspective criminals create more healthy communities.

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          Good. But then how do you explain this to the majority of white US public. Most US americans automatically assume that they are native to USA. Even in new zealand, australia the white folks living there don’t consider themselves as immigrants. Many white folks even in USA consider themselves as the original inhabitants and saviors of USA.

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    Musk was a minority in South Africa. Maybe that’s related to his ridiculous opinions, if it’s all about race in his head.

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      It 100% is, he’s talked about it in interviews.

      He is a racist, and he… he just got worse, over time, at pretending otherwise.

      Or go look into any of his companies… in addition to tons of safety violations… good deal of race based discrimination going on.

      Yeah… he’s just obviously racist, to the core, he’s a white supremacist.

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      I also don’t like this rhetoric. It’s very “go back to Africa” and that’s unAmerican. Everybody is welcome here from any country, with any opinion. If we dont like Musk, we should stop buying/using products associated with him, demand our 401Ks be disinvested in his endeavors, and vote for leaders that will cancel any government contracts associated with him.