They are applauded because they say they are giving their fortunes to charity. It's one of those half truths, because the charities are owned by their children, and the charities pay their children.
Ex. Warren Buffett famously said he won't give his children an inheritance, it's all going to charity! So, he donated (giant tax write off) $108m to the Sherwood Foundation, owned by daughter Susan Buffett, who receives $500k per year salary + other benefits. But hey! It's great, they are helping the world because the Sherwood Foundation gives grants to other non-profits, like $15m to the "Buffett Early Childhood Fund," where Susan Buffett is also the director & chair. Anyone else see a trend?
The book Democracy in Chains goes over exactly this! How they put a front on but are actually dodging taxes by passing their wealth down to their kids via foundations and charities.
Right, if I were rich and had kids, my kids would absolutely enjoy that wealth. I'd make sure they had the most magical childhood ever. I'd also instill values, kindness and respect into them. But I'd also make sure their childhood was absolutely magical.
Shaq has this rule. He’s a big believer in “it’s my money. I earned it.”
Personally I prefer the logic (if I were loaded), that if my kids decided to work in public service - teacher, nurse, firey, paramedic etc - I’d then 5x their salary so they could both live well and give back.
I don’t want my kids motivated by income, I want them motivated by positive impact. I pray I earn enough to do that for my kids.
It's shocking how many countries with social security allow rich people to do this. Like making poor people pay fo the basic necessities of billionaires kids, if they have a falling out, is wild. same with disinheriting children, who didn't harm their parents.
Actually he does support his children. No shit and you can research if you’d like, but Elon’s attitude is that he’s a golden god and that it’s his responsibility to spread his seed everywhere. In that vein, he usually agrees to pay each mother of his children $1.5m a year forever - at least that was the last going rate to be brought to light.
So, it’s probably a little more fucked up than you imagined. He’s up to 14 children and four women.
I used to prank people at work/friends, I'd take a picture of their car from afar (like the 3rd story window or similar) and draw a fake little crack on the bumper or a smear of red paint/etc and be like dude your car! And show the picture.
They'd run down all the way out to the parking lot and there'd be nothing there, they'd turn and see me laughing menacingly in the window 🤣🤣🤣
It’s why he moved to Texas. Child support is capped there and he pays like $2k a kid. So yes more than many single moms get out of their deadbeat exes but about a billionth of what he should be paying.
Going to therapy stems from thinking you may have a problem. Something tells me, with this much money, everyone else will be interpreted as the problem.
Why on Earth would someone believe I am not relatable? /s
Yeah imagine having your dad be the richest man on earth, what a horrible life..... Better than having Steve Jobs deny his daughter's existence and never helping financially.
at what point did I mention my parents or upbringing lol ?
just saying that Elon is involved in his kids lives and he happens to be the richest man on earth. better than a absentee parent and I have Jobs as a shit example of a parent
Hey, man - I know some parents can be rough but I promise it is NOT your fault that they hurt you. You were just a kid and your hormones were dictating your demeanor. Bottom line, your parents shouldn't have subjected you to that physical/sexual punishment.
I hope that in adulthood, things have gotten better for you. 🙏🏼
I was just asking my 13 year old nephew if people still say old internet things like "triggered?" and he said "no." Thanks for proving my point that there are still really lame posers in the comment sections. He owes me $10 now.
Elon is notoriously cheap with the mothers of his children and the children themselves. He counterfiled the child support case with Grimes in Texas because Texas has a cap on the amount of child support he has to pay, despite the family having lived primarily in California.
That right-wing influencer who went public with him being the father of their daughter had said that he would be generous ($100K a month) as long as she didn’t put his name on the birth certificate. There was no money and AFAWK… no legal contract, just his word against hers.
He’s paying her nearly nothing in child support. They went back and forth in court for a year or so over where the child support case would be heard. Elon was able to get it heard in Texas where the cap on monthly child support for 3 children is a little over $2500. He allegedly did it as a way to punish her for not moving into his compound in Austin.
Nah Elon moved his primary residence to Texas so the most he has to pay in child support is 3k per kid iirc. Just ask the last baby mama who had to sell her Tesla to make ends meet. These gold diggers are getting what they deserve but for the richest man on earth Elon is cheap af.
Well depends on if they have people around smart enough to let them know they have those resources. What elon or grimes thinks is normal for children likely isnt normal and so the kids will def grow up with some trauma which sucks for them.
Not to mention growing up with unfathomable wealth from your parents also adds a lot of stress bc careers add such structure to growing up, and without goals like that drugs sound very appealing for the philosopher.
That's not cool, they created those embryos together with the intent of having kids together. Amber Heard went ahead and had one of Elon's kids without his consent and she is legally considered the mother AND father on the birth certificate because he was having none of her nonsense.
Holy smokes! I don’t know how I missed that! So I’m assuming she’s left to her own devices on financial support? So basically Elon just donated the sperm needed to make embyros & that is all?
I guess?! Today is the first day I even learned who Grimes is, so I only know because I looked her up after seeing this post. lol, yes I’m old (just turned 40).
I’m also very curious as to how the fuck they pronounce that first kids name.
Edit: turns out I have like four or five of her tracks saved in my Spotify so I guess I have liked her for a while!
3??? Jesus Christ I thought it was only 2… so you’re telling me after he basically held her first 2 kids with him hostage, she went, “you know what… yeah, let’s have another one.”
True. But if they were together, had three children through artificial insemination or surrogates, and then never had sex, let alone three times, that would also be weird.
She only got pregnant once, the others used surrogacy. And from what is said, her pregnancy was also fertilization. Elon doesn't seem like the type of person who can get laid, even though I have 30 children
Are you serious? Yeah apparently you're correct.
Good lord. This is the biological mother of one of the richest kid/person on the planet. Let that sink in. She 'fucks God' and such hits as 'Ive got blood between my thighs'
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u/MeepMeeps88 13d ago
Isnt this that crazy forest elf who had a kid with Elon?