A defense of MacKenzie Scott’s philanthropy

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MacKenzie Scott’s style of trust-based giving shocked the philanthropy world three years ago, and now she is also personally responsible for the decline of civilization, at least according to Elon Musk.

In a now-deleted post on X, Musk dismissed Scott’s giving decisions, writing, “‘Super rich ex-wives who hate their former spouse’ should filed [sic] be listed among ‘Reasons that Western Civilization died.’” 

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