cross-posted from: https://trouth.eu/users/Kathrin/statuses/114047987329527365
@todayilearned Today I learned that Wernher von Braun (of Nazi Rocket Scientist infamy) wrote a sci-fi novel about Mars colonisation. In 1971 a South African racist named his son after the book’s Martian Leader: Elon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project/_Mars:/_A/_Technical/_Tale#The_%22Elon%22
Spreading the blame around is not downplaying.
It is when the only reason your spreading is because the conversation is currently focused on America and it’s actions.
It’s a deflection.
This is a thread about Elon Musks dad naming his son after a nazi’s scifi character, I’m simply expanding on the information being provided.
I am not American so there really isn’t any reason I’d bother defending the US.