Happy Mother’s Day (Except to Maye Musk)
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As an only child of a single mom, I have a special relationship to mothers, and it’s not just sentimental; it’s practical. In my experience, moms consistently prove to be the most fearless, intelligent, and hardest-working people—with the best grasp on the human condition. Most of my best friends and colleagues are moms.
However, not all moms are the same. For example, this is the message Maye Musk’s son sent out late last night, on the eve of Mother’s Day:
The richest man in the world did not receive the kind of affection and attention from his mother—or his father—that he needed. As Errol Musk, who married Elon’s step-sister, said about Maye Musk: “She didn’t even know what school they went to.”
This upbringing resulted in a boy who never knew what unconditional love is—who never really learned that other people exist.
When young boys especially are left alone in the world with no parental emotional support, they turn inward. They can become deeply insecure—which gets reflected outward as narcissism. Elon Musk may be the most dangerous example of this deficit alive in the world today. His messianic, malignant narcissism is a mirror of the hole he has in his heart. He will never stop trying to fill it—with as many bodies as necessary.
Happy Mother’s Day to everyone—except Maye Musk.
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