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To be very weirded out by Elon Musks reproductive choices

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FancyRedRobin · 15/02/2025 13:16

I think he's up to twelve or thirteen children now with no sign of stopping and seems to have a very transactional approach to impregnating a series of women (presumably through IVF). It really speaks to looking at women as baby machines.
The colossal ego he has about maintaining his bloodline is so noxious.
I'm worried someone like him is so influential.
We'll be in the handmaid's tale before long.

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Porcuporpoise · 15/02/2025 14:31

LauraNorda · 15/02/2025 14:00

Why are you bothered? Is your own life so dull?

Yeah, it's not like any of us are affected by what he thinks or does 🙄

MrsMurphyIWish · 15/02/2025 14:29

Ponoka7 · 15/02/2025 14:24

We need fairly healthy babies and if their parents live in safe countries, are solvent and they can access education, they are the human beings that we are short of.

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I agree with this to an extent, but what happens if all those children grow up with the power hungry mindset Musk has?

OswaldCobblepot · 15/02/2025 14:29

The way he behaved over the cave incident tells me all I need to know about this man.

HotTake · 15/02/2025 14:28

Scully01 · 15/02/2025 14:20

It freaks me out that almost all his kids are boys, wondering if he chose the sex as well. Grim

I believe he must have done the sex selection thing. The guy believes in eugenics after all and probably why most of his children are ivf.

Very horrid man.

Whoarethoseguys · 15/02/2025 14:28

LauraNorda · 15/02/2025 14:00

Why are you bothered? Is your own life so dull?

Because he had a huge amount of power and he is dangerous

Serpentstooth · 15/02/2025 14:28

One day, many of these surrogate children, not just Musk's, will band together in a lawsuit and demand compensation for being denied the option of a life with natural parents. For Musk, it's like puppy-farming. Hoarding children should be illegal. Like abortion is now over there, Elon.

SchoolDilemma17 · 15/02/2025 14:27

Scully01 · 15/02/2025 14:20

It freaks me out that almost all his kids are boys, wondering if he chose the sex as well. Grim

Out of his last 4-5 kids, at least 2 are girls. Last baby the gender is unknown.

BlusteryLake · 15/02/2025 14:26

LauraNorda · 15/02/2025 14:00

Why are you bothered? Is your own life so dull?

It is precisely this type of lazy apathy that allows the wrong sort of leadership to continue unchallenged.

Ponoka7 · 15/02/2025 14:24

WhatATimeToBeAlive · 15/02/2025 14:07

Because the planet doesn't need that many additional human beings on it.

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We need fairly healthy babies and if their parents live in safe countries, are solvent and they can access education, they are the human beings that we are short of.

MrsMurphyIWish · 15/02/2025 14:23

OswaldCobblepot · 15/02/2025 14:15

He's a very sinister figure and I agree we should all be concerned about the extent of his influence. The thing that worries me the most is his relentless striving for power. Money seems to be a secondary consideration. He blew a fortune on twitter but it gives him huge power. Now he has Trump under his thumb and he's trying to get control of AI as well. Anyone not concerned by this is a fool.

Exactly - with his insane wealth, money means nothing. He needs a purpose, a pursuit.

Scully01 · 15/02/2025 14:20

It freaks me out that almost all his kids are boys, wondering if he chose the sex as well. Grim

ginasevern · 15/02/2025 14:19

LauraNorda · 15/02/2025 14:00

Why are you bothered? Is your own life so dull?

Not half as dull as yours by the looks of it.

Serpentstooth · 15/02/2025 14:19

New generation of Sonnenkinder. How nostalgic.

somewhereinsuburbia · 15/02/2025 14:15

Fun fact, Tallulah Riley is now married to the grown up version of the boy from Love Actually, the one who was in Wolf Hall and GOT.

OswaldCobblepot · 15/02/2025 14:15

He's a very sinister figure and I agree we should all be concerned about the extent of his influence. The thing that worries me the most is his relentless striving for power. Money seems to be a secondary consideration. He blew a fortune on twitter but it gives him huge power. Now he has Trump under his thumb and he's trying to get control of AI as well. Anyone not concerned by this is a fool.

HotTake · 15/02/2025 14:13

Apparently another woman has announced she had Elon's child but who knows...

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/nX0AUKSoyR

HotTake · 15/02/2025 14:12

I don't think Elon cares to sleep with women that much, he just wants to produce more white "high IQ" children so he's going about it however he can - artificial insemination, surrogate, I'm sure he's looking for ways to do it in bulk and batches with zero checks and balances. He already has 12 or so with about 3 or 5 different women.

TheSpottedZebra · 15/02/2025 14:11

TheSpottedZebra · 15/02/2025 14:10

From Grimes, I think.

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And Musk and his first wife talked about how they had their son (who died very young, of SIDS) then used ivf for twins, then triplets.

MrsMurphyIWish · 15/02/2025 14:10

Poppins21 · 15/02/2025 14:08

Don’t think she had his babies though? Didn’t they marry twice?

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Yes, no babies and married twice - TWICE! At the time I made a comment about rich people being so insanely rich they have no concept of the ordinary world. Blew my mind!

I did enjoy the book though!

MrsSkylerWhite · 15/02/2025 14:10

soupyspoon · Today 14:06

Well he is weird, so his life is weird.
His children unfortunately will probably be just like him

His own parents are awful people. Arrogant, rude father and a mother who believes her son is the second coming. He didn’t stand a chance, really.

Unfortunately, he now has so much influence over the lives of so many. It’s very concerning.

HotTake · 15/02/2025 14:10

I heard that one of his children who was conceived via IVF using a surrogate and the egg was used against the mother's wishes or not with her consent, or she'd signed her rights over to him. I don't knowhow true it is but won't surprise me. The man believes he can do whatever he wants. His son, Little Twitter, already admitted to it anyway.

TheSpottedZebra · 15/02/2025 14:10

BooToYouHalloween · 15/02/2025 14:06

Where has the info about IVF and surrogates come from? Surely women wanting to sleep with the richest man in the world and hoping to get pregnant (and thus be set for life ) isn’t that surprising.

From Grimes, I think.

soupyspoon · 15/02/2025 14:09

LauraNorda · 15/02/2025 14:00

Why are you bothered? Is your own life so dull?

You must be illeducated to not spot that people like this, with controlling lifestyles and choices, who then become powerful are dangerous to society and humanity. This is how Hitler got in, this is why we ended up with cult leaders that then kill off their followers, this is how we end up with mass destruction by dictators and annihilators.

Poppins21 · 15/02/2025 14:08

MrsMurphyIWish · 15/02/2025 14:06

Yet you were bothered enough to comment, is your life that dull you ask inane questions?

I agree. A couple of years ago I read a feminist book by Talulah Riley called “the quickening”. Shocked me she was married to him being a “feminist”.

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Don’t think she had his babies though? Didn’t they marry twice?

WhatATimeToBeAlive · 15/02/2025 14:07

LauraNorda · 15/02/2025 14:00

Why are you bothered? Is your own life so dull?

Because the planet doesn't need that many additional human beings on it.