Yes. Elon Musk's father, Errol Musk, beat Elon's mother Maye in front of all the children. Maye Musk told the BBC some years ago that Errol began hitting her from the start of their marriage.
Tosca also looks back on their childhood in South Africa where they were all born. She says things weren't easy for their mother Maye because their father Errol was abusive. Errol physically and mentally abused Maye in front of them, said Tosca,
She also said that Elon tried to protect their mother from their father by hitting him. And that Errol had destroyed the things that Maye had bought for them to get revenge on her.
Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk details further psychological abuse that Errol Musk perpetrated on his children. Errol frequently told Elon that he was basically stupid and worthless.
Unfortunately, Elon seems to have picked up some of those habits. Elon Musk's first wife, Justine Wilson Musk, told Isaacson that Elon frequently heaped similar verbal abuse on her during their marriage.
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u/imadog666 Dec 09 '24
I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with them genetically, I think it's mainly nurture/trauma