- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
Summary
Elon Musk rejected accusations of Nazi sympathies in a Fox News interview, calling it “outrageous” and blaming media propaganda.
Critics point to his straight-arm salute at Trump’s rally, endorsement of a German far-right party, and reinstating white supremacist accounts on X.
His cuts to federal agencies under DOGE have sparked protests and vandalism, including nicknaming Teslas “swasticars.”
Musk claims he’s targeted for character assassination and receives daily death threats. He and Lara Trump compared the attacks to those against Donald Trump, accusing mainstream media of spreading lies.
You must log in or register to comment.
Looks like a duck, acts like a duck, quacks like a duck, even rapes like a duck. Why is everyone calling me a duck?
Ignoring the fact that he did what was probably the most vigorous Nazi salute in existence…
- He agreed with a post on Twitter that promoted the antisemetic conspiracy theory that Jewish people “push hatred” against white people
- He doubled down on the great replacement conspiracy theory
- He supports the AfD party which has not-so-subtle Nazi themes in official posters
- He actively created a safe space for Neo Nazis on his platform
- He threatened to sue researchers documenting the rise in hateful tweets
- After the inauguration “gesture”, instead of apologizing he made Nazi-related puns
- He shared a post absolving Hitler of murdering millions of people
It’s not just not outrageous to call him a Nazi, it’s a perfectly normal and reasonable thing to conclude especially when you consider his other behaviour and the kinds of things he supports
Supporting the AfD party, an openly neo-nazi party, and appearing in their events, days after the “roman salute” removed any kind of ambiguity that could exist. He’s a nazi, period. And the only good nazis are dead nazis.
The Roman salute excuse that many of his supporters promoted irks me because of how dishonest it is from the get go. There’s not a single Roman work of art that depicts the salute and it actually originated fairly recently under Mussolini’s National Fascist Party.
Additionally, the Nazis on 4chan et. al. had no problem recognizing the symbol for what it was. It was the pearl-clutching lib enablers who had trouble recognizing it
This post does not mean “voting is useless”, tankies fuck off
Guys, he’s absolutely right, and absolutely worse - Nazis have ideals (however flawed and monstrous) and this POS has none.
He’s an opportunist psychopath with 0 qualms about throwing a Nazi salute if it gets him what he wants. He’s a Nazi sympathizing parasite who’ll fake anything for likes, and the only thing he deserves is to serve as a ridiculed, timeless reminder for future generations the dangers of mindless celebrity worship and billionaires.
I think that he really does have actual nazi ideals and that his apparent lack of ideals is the smokescreen.
Could be, but I personally don’t care to invest any effort in the distinction - if you’re ok cloaking yourself in Nazi garb, you’re a Nazi, full stop.
And Nazi lives don’t matter.
He’s also got ideas, mainly the need to breed more men with his genius DNA. /s
Bro did a nazi salute on stage twice. Wtf did he expect?
It’s outrageous to suggest that him being a nazi is merely “a claim”.
If you don’t want us to think your a nazi then stop doing nazi shit infront of literally the world press
Two enthusiastic salutes says you a Nazi fuck boy Melon.
Has anyone succeeded in killing him? I don’t think so. So in essence we can conclude that he’s in no risk.
Maga = Nazi
Typically it’s this kind of thing where you may have to scrub the disingenuous surface of plausible deniability a little to reveal the rottenness underneath as the fascists try to hide, reorganize, strategize, obfuscate, manipulate, infiltrate and ultimately influence under the guise of some common issue they can blame on their targets, or a made-up issue they can redirect people’s frustrations towards, before they amass enough resources to where they can really get to work.
But some of them get too eager and jump the gun. The fascist party of Sweden, the Sweden Democrats, has had multiple instances of overtly rightwing extremist, racist, fascist Nazi shit unearthed by media, at which point leadership has felt the need to boot those members for the sake of current Overton window optics.
Musk is definitely one of those kinds of Nazis, a stupid one. He just went out there and performed a Nazi salute on live international TV in 4K. He ostensibly reckons he’s rich enough and the Overton window is pushed far enough to where he can get away with it.
But the number in your bank account is not the only number that can affect events. Power in numbers is what us in the 99% have, and should utilize. I love seeing the solidarity against Tesla resulting in notable hardships for the business. And if all else fails, Luigi only needs one well-timed shell to win.
We’ll never rest again, until every Nazi dies.
“I don’t live in the 1930s - 1940s Nazi Germany region, so I’m just a sparkling fascist”
It is outrageously accurate
It is outrageously true he is a Nazi, to which he acknowledged with a nazi salute.
Two nazi salutes, one after the other
what… the… he acknowledged the first nazi with the 2nd one… that is outrageous!!
Can’t wait for the day that nazi dies
I’m baffled he doesn’t understand that everyone thinks he’s a nazi. He’s saying and doing nazi shit all the time, when called out for it, he DOESN’T deny it, he says the others are stupid for saying he is. He doesn’t apologize or anything! He doubles down and claims it’s the “left”? If there’s a Tesla driver who deserves to be locked inside a burning car, it’s this POS.
Lol, you think he trusts those death traps to carry him anywhere?
His have special firmware
That is not a joke.
He knows perfectly well why everyone can see that he is a nazi.
The denials and fake butthurt are just theatre.
