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| Born | Elon Reeve Musk June 28, 1971 (aged 51) Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa |
Elon Musk is a South African-born, naturalized Statesian billionaire capitalist who owns Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter, all of which he purchased but did not found.[1] He was born in South Africa and has a net worth of $254 billion as of December 2023, making him the richest person in the world.[2] In April 2022, he announced his plan to buy Twitter.[3]
His company Tesla has been accused of spying on workers to prevent their unionizing,[4] allowing rampant sexual harassment of women[5] and racism against black workers,[6] and having terrible working conditions in the factories.[7] Since 2006, at least 160 worker lawsuits have been filed against the company.[6]
Musk bought Twitter in October 2022 and quickly began mass firing of its workers.[8]
Imperialism
Elon Musk admitted to promoting the 2019 CIA-backed coup in Bolivia on Twitter.[9]
Anti-union activities
In 16 February, 2022, Elon Musk fired dozens of employees of a Tesla plant in Buffalo, New York, a day after the workers announced their unionizing campaign.[10][11] In the same period, several bourgeois media outlets, such as Business Insider, pushed articles related to Musk's donations to charity from a year before.[12]
References
- ↑ Kevin Reed (2022-11-19). "Musk’s attack on Twitter workers brings company to the brink of collapse" WSWS. Archived from the original on 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- ↑ "Elon Musk" (2022-05-01). Forbes. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ↑ Giles Turner, Maxwell Adler (2022-04-14). "Elon Musk Makes $43 Billion Unsolicited Bid to Take Twitter Private" Bloomberg. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ↑ "Union accuses Tesla of spying on workers at Buffalo plant" (2021-06-20). The Buffalo News.
- ↑ "Tesla worker files suit over 'nightmarish' harassment" (2021-11-19). BBC.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Horrific allegations of racism prompt California lawsuit against Tesla" (2022-02-11). Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ "Tesla factory workers reveal pain, injury and stress: 'Everything feels like the future but us'" (2017-05-18). The Guardian.
- ↑ Kevin Reed (2022-11-04). "Elon Musk begins mass layoffs at Twitter" WSWS. Archived from the original on 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- ↑ "Elon Musk Confesses to Lithium Coup in Bolivia" (2020-07-25). TeleSur. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ↑ "Tesla fires more than 30 workers after union drive announcement" (2023-02-17). The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ "Elon Musk’s Tesla fires employees at the factory that just announced it wants to unionize" (2023-02-16). Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ "Elon Musk donated nearly $2 billion worth of Tesla stock to a charity last year, SEC filing shows" (2023-02-15). Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-03-01.