The Story of Basos and Ela Musk

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bazos father was an oil engineer in betista's cuba before the cuban revolution, and obviously kind of built some of his wealth in that way. And we know that when basos went and set up amazon, he got a fair bit of cash from his parents to help him out when he was getting started. i've heard of other tec villionaires who have a similar story, right? So peter teal, his father was a chemical ad mining engineer. A they're from germany. They moved to a part eed south africa and were there for a little while,. Then they finally moved to california in 19 77. He

Paris Marx is joined by Rob Larson to discuss how tech billionaires use philanthropy to massage their images, how they're creating a world that leaves nearly everyone else worse off, and how we need to respond with an online socialism to bring tech platforms under worker control.

Rob Larson is the author of “Bit Tyrants: The Political Economy of Silicon Valley” and an economics professor at Tacoma Community College. He also recently wrote about how billionaire-funded philanthropy is a public-relations scam for Jacobin and how the tech platforms are on their best behavior during COVID-19 for Current Affairs. Follow Rob on Twitter as @IronicProfessor.

Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.

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