Elon Musk threatens to buy D&D after company removes racist content
A halfling can’t become a great fighter. At least, that’s what the 1970s Dungeons & Dragons rulebook insisted—racial determinism baked right into the fantasy. When Elon Musk told Hasbro to “burn in hell” last November for acknowledging those old stereotypes, he wasn’t just defending a game. He was defending a worldview …
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