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You're suggesting that Elon Musk has family wealth because his father funded his living expenses in college. @deelowe points out that they're also saving to fu
by jonas21 3y ago
You're suggesting that Elon Musk has family wealth because his father funded his living expenses in college.
@deelowe points out that they're also saving to fund their child's expenses in college.
Therefore, you're either suggesting that @deelowe has family wealth or you're arguing in bad faith.
- afavour 3y agoI'm not arguing in bad faith. I'm making specific points that, for reasons unknown, @deelowe and yourself are making a wider inference from. The post I replied to said: > I'm not sure where this rubbish conspiracy came from but if there was Emerald Mine money there wasn't much of it. My reply clarified that there was indeed an emerald mine (according to Musk's father) and that it paid for his college living expenses. I then went on to say that an inability to pay for SpaceX does not mean you are "not rich". > you're either suggesting that @deelowe has family wealth or you're arguing in bad faith. But that's silly too. With no numbers attached "family wealth" doesn't mean anything. Almost all families have "family wealth", if anything the bad faith argument here is trying to suggest that all wealth is somehow equal. You'll note in my original reply I didn't even say that Elon's family was inordinately wealthy, just that the mine was real and that it paid for his college. Any "bad faith" on top of that is your own interpretation, not my words.