In China Trade War, Apple Worries It Will Be Collateral Damage

Re:In China Trade War, Apple Worries It Will Be Collateral D... by tome on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @01:22PM (#17348506)

> Elon Musk ... inherited his money from an apartheid state

Huh?

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Re:In China Trade War, Apple Worries It Will Be Collateral D... by zajd on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @01:24PM (#17348531)

https://www.businessinsider.co.za/how-elon-musks-family-came...

https://www.businessinsider.co.za/elon-musk-sells-the-family...

> “We were very wealthy,” says Errol. “We had so much money at times we couldn't even close our safe.”

I'll let you guess as to who dug up those emeralds. Hint: it wasn't the Musks.

Next step in your journey of learning is to look up when the Musks left South Africa. I bet you can figure it out without even looking it up.

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Re:In China Trade War, Apple Worries It Will Be Collateral D... by tome on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @01:31PM (#17348618)

> Next step in your journey of learning is to look up when the Musks left South Africa.

1989 apparently, 5 years before the end of apartheid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk#Early_childhood

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Re:In China Trade War, Apple Worries It Will Be Collateral D... by selectodude on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @01:52PM (#17348823)

So they got out of there once they saw the shit hitting the fan? How moral.

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Re:In China Trade War, Apple Worries It Will Be Collateral D... by zajd on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @01:33PM (#17348637)

If only Elon Musk was the entirety of the Musk family you might have a point

I don't think Elon Musk is a monster compared to his father, it's not even close really. But he is building his fortune on the back of inherited money earned doing some really scummy and shady shit.

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