Be Like MacKenzie Scott ... Cuz It's Pisses Off Elonia Musk

I laugh at Elon Musk because, while he’s super-rich he has never created anything; he has just copied someone else’s homework, or bought it, and then passed it off as his . And that’s why I love it when he gets schooled … like this:

In a post on X—the social media platform he did not design or build but bought and slapped an X onto—that he has since deleted he cagily mentioned MacKenzie Scott, former spouse of Amazon Asshat Jeff Bezos:

“Super-rich ex-wives who hate their former spouse [should be listed among] reasons that Western Civilization died.”

In response, MacKenzie Scott spoke softly and carried her big wallet and announced that she is donating $640 million to 361 different charitable organizations this year, well more than twice the $250 million she pledged to give away last year. The open call for applications initially planned for 250 awards of $1 million each but according to Yield Giving, the foundation Scott created:

In light of the incredible work of these organizations, as judged by their peers and external panelists, the donor team decided to expand the awardee pool and the award amount.

The 279 organizations in the top tier of scores received $2 million each and the 82 organizations in the next tier received $1 million each.

This year’s awards bring Scott’s total lifetime philanthropic giving over the past five years to approximately $17.2 billion, close to half the $36 billion in Amazon stock she received in her divorce settlement.

BAM!

And this is what MacKenzie Scott had to say about her wealth in 2019:

In addition to whatever assets life has nurtured in me, I have a disproportionate amount of money to share. My approach to philanthropy will continue to be thoughtful. It will take time and effort and care. But I won’t wait. And I will keep at it until the safe is empty.

Good for her, because how she elects to spend her money is up to her—though I’m sure Elon subscribes to the “your bank account, my choice” bull shit: I mean wonder how Elon would respond if anyone, and god forbid a woman, were to tell him how to spend his money.

Now, perhaps Elon disagrees with her  approach, or with some of the organizations chosen to receive donations, and that’s his right, as it is his right to express how he feels. But then Elon also said this at one point:

“Constantly seek criticism. A well-thought-out critique of what you’re doing is as valuable as gold.”

But “super-rich ex-wives blah blah blah” is not a well-thought-out critique; it’s more of a butt hurt man whimpering about a woman with money which may be why Scott didn’t respond. Instead of dwelling on negative emotions from some asshat who, again, has never built anything and offers up no good deeds with his coins ever, Scott knows she cannot control Musk though she can control her response.

Which clearly was not just to stay the course and keep on donating and donating, but to literally double down on her donations, not in response to Elon because he is not worthy of it, but because she believes in what she’s doing, and in the work of the organizations her foundation chose to fund.

“And I will keep at it until the safe is empty.”

In a world of Elon Musks, whose business venture he did not create, but bought and watched them explode on the highways or catch fire in the driveways or implode of the internet, be a MacKenzie Scott.