‘Mr. Musk has heralded his purchase of Twitter as a victory for free speech, having criticized the platform for removing posts and banning users. It is unclear what role his childhood — coming up in a time and place in which there was hardly a free exchange of ideas and where government misinformation was used to demonize Black South Africans — may have played in that decision.’
www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/world/africa/elon-musk-south-africa.html
Elon Musk grew up in a South Africa that saw the dangers of unchecked speech: Apartheid govt propaganda fueled violence against Black people. Musk didn't experience that. He grew up in a bubble of white privilege. @lynseychutel & I explored his early life t.co/jixQoCriv5
— John Eligon (@jeligon) May 5, 2022
h/t A Deplorable Neanderthal
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