Musk Goes after an Ex-Wife, Just not his Own

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

Billionaire Elon Musk, who at times clocks in as the world's richest human, is a thrice-divorced father of eleven who is happy to share his opinion on just about anything.  That passion for sharing his opinion and trying to influence others is part of the reason he flushed more that forty billion dollars down the social media rathole with his purchase of Twitter a couple of years ago.   This week Musk used Twitter, which is now called X, to go off on the topic of ex-wives, though the one who got him cranked-up was the ex-wife of a fellow billionaire and not one of his own.

Elon seems to be righteously pissed at MacKenzie Scott, the philanthropic ex-wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos.  Actually, MacKenzie, who was married to Bezos for more than twenty years, helped to found Amazon and get it up and running, and when they divorced a couple of years ago she received $38 billion in Amazon stock.  If MacKenzie had been a good ex-wife and just settled into a life of country-clubbing and shopping, Elon would have probably had no problem with her, but the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos instead went out and began giving her money away to a multitude of charities and good causes - things that were based on correcting social inequalities and benefiting marginalized groups - usually with no strings attached.

In 2022 MacKenzie Scott reported that she had given almost two billion dollars to 343 organizations "supporting the voices and opportunities of people from underserved communities."   One of her more controversial gifts was a $275 million dollar gift to Planned Parenthood.

The day before yesterday a tweeter on X posted a comment noting that MacKenzie Scott gives money to organizations that deal with "race and/or gender," and that particular comment got Elon's attention and set him to typing.  He responded:

"Super rich ex-wives who hate their former spouse should filed (sic) be listed among 'Reasons that western civilization died'"

Later in the day Musk deleted his tweet.  Perhaps he decided that his valuable time would be better spent trying to control the vagaries of his own ex-wives!

Kudos to Jeff Bezos for landing a truly classy individual as his first ex-wife - and super kudos to MacKenzie Scott for showing her fellow billionaires how they could be benefitting humanity with their wealth.  

And raspberries to Elon Musk who tried to show his wit and wisdom, and instead just showed his ass.