1. Musk como Representación del Colonialismo Moderno.
Se argumenta que las acciones y la riqueza de Elon Musk son una manifestación del colonialismo contemporáneo, especialmente por su origen en Sudáfrica durante el apartheid.
- "musk is the exact representation of colonialism in africa, and he's trying to bring america down to his greedy standards.".
- "elon musk is a product of european colonialism, if any region of the world that deserves to have to deal with him it's europe".
- "mr musk is from south africa where he is knowing old fashion colonialism and taking from the back of the 95% so called apartheid… he is trying to destroy the american experiment so called democracy.".
2. Vínculos con el Apartheid y la Supremacía Blanca.
Se critica a Musk por su origen en una familia sudafricana que se benefició del apartheid, lo que se considera una forma de colonialismo y supremacía blanca.
- "it would be easier to spot musk's fash tendencies with a lens of anticolonialism and labor rights. His family got rich off the south african apartheid.".
- "musk comes from this same background as a south african, proud inheritor of a long tradition of colonialism and the minimizing of native inhabitants. That's why he fits so well here. When he talks meritocracy, he's talking about white people. Because no one else merits.".
- "elon musk has always been a pro-apartheid south afrikaner. Afrikaners are white folks in south africa of dutch, german, french decent who perpetrated settler colonialism & violence to steal resources from africans. Afrikaners promote white nationalism & racial hierarchy. Backing nazis is who musk is".
3. Neo-Colonialismo y Explotación de Recursos.
Se acusa a Musk de perpetuar el neo-colonialismo a través de sus empresas, especialmente en la explotación de recursos en otros países.
- "elon musk's need to go to mars is typical white colonialism. Unfettered access to exploit resources and minerals.".
- "musk is doing in america, what is normal in most of the global south under wto rules. Its neo colonialism. You only need a greedy dunce for a president".
- "apparently musk needs lithium and possibly other minerals for production of his evs. Imperialism/colonialism at its finest.".
4. Paralelismos con Figuras Históricas del Colonialismo.
Se establecen comparaciones entre Elon Musk y figuras históricas asociadas con el colonialismo, como Cecil Rhodes, para ilustrar sus ambiciones y métodos.
- "today's ny times comparison of elon musk and cecil rhodes really clarifies what musk's whole deal has always been about: rehabilitating the colonialist tradition around new frontiers on the internet and in outer space, and rebranding this deracinated neo-neo-colonialism as "adventure" and "purpose."".
- "reading arendt on imperialism; today we'd call it colonialism. Rhodes was a 19th c. Sob who wanted britain to colonize africa from the cape to cairo. All for his business interests. "i would annex the planets." elon is derivative, eh. Colonialism business greed unchecked gov power".
5. Críticas al Proyecto Espacial de Musk como Colonialismo Off-World.
El proyecto de colonización de Marte de Elon Musk es visto por algunos como una extensión del colonialismo, pero en el espacio.
- "musk isn’t colonising any nation-state, no. But he’s carving out dominion in space—through satellites, launch routes, and orbital control. It’s colonialism, just off-world.".
- "there are lots of reasons why the right wants to ban the teaching of colonialism as they call it "woke" and "anti-american", but chief among them is that they don't want americans to know how they actually fit into elon musk's martian colonization vision.".