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Culture War Roundup for the week of April 14, 2025

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I think having children in a stable family is much, much better than whatever Elon has going on here, but he was married first twice and I wonder if that those divorces changed his mind about marriage.

What the story did inform me was that he and St Clair were in a romantic/sexual relationship; I've seen speculation that he was only a sperm donor for this kid. So, even though I disapprove of this kind of approach to having children, he does seem to be involved in the lives of the children (see how he brought along his four year old son to the White House) and I have less sympathy for St Clair than she might expect: gosh, why ever did she get involved with and sleep with and agree to have a kid with the current wealthiest person in the world, what was the attraction there one wonders? Could it possibly have been the lure of dollar signs, since given his very public track record, it would be difficult to imagine he was offering marriage? Even Jeff Bezos still hasn't married his mistress for whom he blew up his marriage, so I can't think St Clair did honestly believe a ring and wedding bells were on the cards.

EDIT: If that sounds like I think she viewed a kid with Musk as a meal ticket, well.... yes, I'm coming to that conclusion. Particularly the public way she went about revealing she was having his baby. No wonder he's not quite sure the kid might indeed be his, but really Elon, pick a stable woman and get married and have another houseful of kids with her, instead of bouncing around with Canadian pop stars and publicity hounds like this one! Shivon Zilis already is mother to four of his kids and seems, on the face of it, the least crazy candidate for a third marriage. He needs to settle down and stop running around like he's a bachelor in his twenties. A stable home life would be good for him as well and might rein in some of the crazy he's allegedly engaging in.

(see how he brought along his four year old son to the White House)

I mean, maybe he is, but I wouldn't draw any conclusions from that. It's a photo-op. You may as well conclude "Trump does seem to enjoy making burgers in his spare time".

As far as St Clair's motives, while I don't doubt money was involved, many women are sincerely sexually attracted to powerful, successful men, let alone geniuses. And, while no Hollywood star, he's not exactly ugly. I don't have difficulty believing a woman with a shot at him might genuinely have wanted a night with him in its own right, whatever came of it.

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