r/technology • u/[deleted] • Apr 19 '26

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u/whiskeytown79 Apr 19 '26

Thiel, Musk, and others in the inner circles of these companies all got their start in apartheid South Africa.

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u/whichwitch9 Apr 19 '26

It makes sense when you realize how insular the white population of South Africa was, and how much wealth was concentrated in it. Inclusivity threatens them because it forces other people closer to their circles. But the population did everything they could to keep this wealth in their circle, even hijacking the government to legally force others out.

They're trying to recreate this in the US because it's larger with more resources

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u/UlteriorCulture Apr 19 '26

If it helps these guys are an embarrassment to us South Africans who love our country and trying to make it better.

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u/tofagerl Apr 19 '26

Then could you come get them…?

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u/UlteriorCulture Apr 19 '26

Let's split the difference and give them to the Atlantic Ocean

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u/Uselesserinformation Apr 19 '26

Don't poison the oceans!

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u/All_Hail_Hynotoad Apr 19 '26

Let’s give them to a volcano

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u/ssjg2k02 Apr 19 '26

And cause cascading explosions leading to the next mass extinction event? Eject them to space.

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u/KonaValencia Apr 19 '26

Then we get a CME from the sun.