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19Oct/26

How Billionaires Turn Philanthropy Into Power

October 19, 2026EconomyAD ASTRA, Andrew Carnegie, Benjamin Franklin, Bill Gates, Brian Armstrong, Brian ArmstrongThis, Businesspeople, Coinbase, Economy of the United States, Elon Musk, Elon MuskWhether, Finance, Florence, Giorgio Vasari, Gwynne Shotwell, Henry Ford, Hyperloop, John D. Rockefeller, Katie Miller, Leonardo da Vinci, MacKenzie Scott, Max Levchin, Mykhailo Fedorov, Netflix, Palo Alto, PAYPAL, Philanthropy, Renaissance capital, Rob Reich, Robert F. Smith, Sam Bankman-Fried, SpaceX, Starlink, Steve Jobs, Steve JobsWhen, The Boring Company, the ford foundation, Ukraine, Vivek Ramaswamy, Walter Isaacson, Warren Buffett, White South African peopleadmin

Technocratic Capital vs. Traditional Charity: The Billionaire Battle Over Philanthropy

Mon Oct. 19, 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — Prominent Silicon Valley leaders, most notably Elon Musk and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, have spearheaded a systematic ideological shift away from traditional billionaire philanthropy. Armstrong and Musk argue that conventional non-profit grantmaking and large private foundations are inefficient, prone to administrative bloat, and routinely “captured by ideology,” rendering many charitable endeavors a net negative for society. Rooted in capitalist techno-determinism and Effective Accelerationism (e/acc), this perspective holds that civilizational advancement is best achieved not through non-profit redistribution, but by aggressively deploying private capital into high-risk, engineering-driven for-profit enterprises—such as electric vehicles, space exploration, and digital infrastructure. Consequently, leaders subscribing to this philosophy prioritize market innovation and founder-controlled capital allocation over legacy grantmaking models exemplified by Bill Gates or Warren Buffett. Continue reading →

13Jun/23

Is Elon Musk Zambian, just asking

June 13, 2023Human InterestBusinesspeople, Elon, Elon Musk, Errol, Errol Musk, Hyperloop, Pretoria, South Africa, SpaceX, United States, White South African people, Zambiaadmin

June 13, 2023 /Technology/ — Elon Musk is not Zambian. He was born in Pretoria, South Africa, to a Canadian mother and a South African father. He moved to the United States when he was 17 years old to attend college.

The confusion may have arisen because Elon Musk’s father, Errol Musk, once owned an emerald mine in Zambia. However, Elon Musk has never lived in Zambia and has never claimed Zambian citizenship. Continue reading →

13Oct/22

What is cultural appropriation and why is it so harmful?

October 13, 2022ArtAdam Haupt, African-American music, Afrikaner people, Alexander Saxton, Blackface, Boom Shaka, Brasse Vannie Kaap, Cape Town, Creative Commons, Culture, Die Antwoord, Eric Lott, European diaspora, Fatty Boom Boom, Leon Schuster, Miley Cyrus, Musicians, Rina Arya, Skeem, South Africa, South African culture, United States, Waddy Jones, Watkin Tudor Jones, White South African people, Zwarte Pietadmin

Adam Haupt, University of Cape Town

Die Antwoord is a South African band that uses hip-hop music to create a style it calls “zef”. Since it first appeared in 2009, Die Antwoord has been criticised for cultural appropriation (using cultural elements of a minority group in an exploitative way). It’s accused of copying the lyrics and styles of Cape Town artists rapping in South Africa’s Kaaps language, and of mimicking the visual styles of Cape Flats gang members. Adam Haupt has researched and written extensively on hip-hop and identity. He discusses cultural appropriation and the role of power in interactions between dominant and marginalised subjects in a case like Die Antwoord’s.

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