The reason this is relevant is because he has spent the better part of a year complaining about “illegal immigrants” who are “invading” the country. But an old video from 2013 resurfaced on Saturday that appears to show the billionaire admitting he was at one point building his small business in the country illegally, describing it as a “gray area.”

*Edit: typo

  • whoisearth@lemmy.ca
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    22 days ago

    You need the context. He’s an illegal immigrant yes but he’s also rich and white from an area of the world where he was probably raised with a sense of entitlement being Afrikaans from South Africa. When he was growing up black people were essentially a slave class and like many rich white people his family profited in part off of that.

    So keep in mind he’s the “right” type of illegal immigrant.

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      22 days ago

      White people are never illegal immigrants, they simply made an administrative mistake. Unless they’re from Eastern Europe. Then they are all dirty illegals.

    • Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world
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      23 days ago

      I feel that to a certain extent, but saying his race (as opposed to his fortune and connections) obscures the real issue. Side note as far as I have ever seen was confirmed is he lied about post graduate, UPenn has confirmed his 4 year degree although I have heard (and tend to believe) there are many discrepancies behind that degree as well (but no “smoking gun”).

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        20 days ago

        There was the whole big lie about Obama’s birth certificate because he was black.

        John McCain was born in Panama but no one seemed to care about him.

        Melania Trump was an illegal immigrant and that didn’t stop her career or prevent Trump from winning the presidency.

        Raphael “Ted” Cruz was born in Alberta yet no one seems to care.

        White and Right is alright. I’ll cede that maybe if some useful idiot with dark skin and murky citizenship rose to power conservatives might decide to look the other way, but you need to be at least one for them to do so.

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca
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    23 days ago

    Kimball musk:

    “In fact, when they did fund us, they realized that we were illegal immigrants,” Kimball says in the video.

    “Well, I mean…” Elon says.

    “Yes, we were,” Kimbal replies.

    “I’d say it was a gray area,” Elon insists as the crowd laughs.

    “We were illegal immigrants…” Kimbal says, continuing his story about

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      22 days ago

      I like his brother.

      He’s doing cool agricultural work and this is only like the third time I’ve ever heard him in the news.

      Me not knowing much about you often lends itself to me liking you more.

  • Randomgal@lemmy.ca
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    22 days ago

    I hear that he ate dogs while waiting for his gender reassignment surgery in prison.

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    23 days ago

    Its because its all bullshit. There are no more immigrants who want to eat your babies than there are your countrymen of the same disposition. Decades of this shit and theres always some sheltered conservative still waiting to gobble it up.