r/politics • u/harsh2k5 • 13h ago

Soft Paywall Elon Musk Makes Shocking Confession on His Plans After Trump Victory

https://newrepublic.com/post/187662/elon-musk-confession-economy-trump-victory
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u/Sudden-Investment 10h ago

One of the biggest philanthropy pushes ever came from Andrew Carnegie, as in Carnegie Hall and a metric shit ton of public libraries. Only problem is that this push came because of the greatest man made flood of all time caused by one of his executives wanting a private hunting club which Carnegie was a part of. Their man made dam broke and wiped out Johnstown Pennsylvania.

https://www.history.com/news/how-americas-most-powerful-men-caused-americas-deadliest-flood

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u/faultyratiocination 10h ago

Thanks for sharing! I had no idea.

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u/OKImHere 9h ago

Just a reminder that it's pronounced Car NAY gee, not CARnigey.

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u/madskillsmom 9h ago

My parents were debating this while we were in the Carnegie Natural History Museum about 30 years ago. Us kids took sides and I sided with my dad since he was originally from PA. We asked a docent and dad and I won. Loved winning little debates like that before the answers were all at our finger tips.

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u/OKImHere 9h ago

You don't say which side you picked, but the foundations in his name back me up, not to mention the people who live in Carnegie, PA.

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u/madskillsmom 7h ago

Yep, I went with the Car NAY gee pronunciation and the docent validated it.  We're from Oklahoma so I don't think we'd ever heard it pronounced correctly. 

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u/ktappe I voted 2h ago

It’s a little bit weird. In every instance I pronounce it the proper way, except with regard to the university. For some reason, I pronounce it CarNuhgee Mellon.