It's a special kind of irony when the guy who fled his homeland to avoid military service ends up wielding a budget-cutting axe over veterans' healthcare. But here we are in 2025, watching Elon Musk—billionaire, Twitter-destroyer, and apparently, South African draft dodger—gleefully swinging that axe through the Department of Veterans Affairs while our former soldiers wait in line for care that's now even more difficult to access.
The Rich Kid Who Ran
Let's get one thing straight: Elon Musk is a chickenshit coward. His entire life story is painted in shades of convenience and self-preservation, starting with his convenient departure from South Africa right around the time he would've been required to put on a uniform.
South Africa had mandatory military service for all white males during apartheid. But not our boy Elon! He conveniently left South Africa in 1989 at age 17 for Canada, right before he would have been conscripted into the SADF. How fucking convenient.
This wasn't some princip…
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