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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.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 26 points 2 days ago
[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago

It's outrageous to claim he isn't a nazi

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 46 points 2 days ago

Looks like a duck, acts like a duck, quacks like a duck, even rapes like a duck. Why is everyone calling me a duck?

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 28 points 2 days ago
[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 252 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)
[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 99 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I mean that's certainly outrageous

But it also certainly tells me he's a nazi

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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

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What’s really outrageous is that he’s a free man, instead of rotting in some cell for the rest of his life like the Nazi sympathizing psychopath waste of oxygen he is.

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago

"How dare you say I'm a Nazi" ... but has never said he wasnt.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 161 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He's a Nazi from Nazi family, fuck him

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 70 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

He's just a Nazi boy from a Nazi family

Spare us a trial from this monstrosity

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[–] clashorcrashman@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

It's even more outrageous that we have Nazis in government.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

History books will show he said this after the multiple seig heils on stage and telling the AfD to no longer be ashamed of Germany's past.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 85 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If it walks like a Nazi, and salutes like a Nazi, then it's a fucking Nazi.

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[–] notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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.

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 94 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Let's look on the bright side. He is still reluctant to publicly acknowledge it, which means that even he knows it is a shameful thing to be. I would be more afraid if he said "Hell yeah, I am, what are you gonna do about it? Do you own a President like I do?"

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 74 points 2 days ago (2 children)
  • re-instates white supremacists accounts on Twitter while also banning journalists accounts (so its clearly not a "free speech" excuse of for the re-instatements
  • backs the aFD whose party leader has been fined multiple times for using Nazi slogans
  • Musk personally performs two back-to-back Nazi salutes from a podium on national television in front of huge live audience

For someone claiming to not be a Nazi he sure does Nazi things.

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[–] Zippygutterslug@lemmy.world 85 points 2 days ago

Seigheiling nazi piece of shit

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 30 points 2 days ago

"I don't live in the 1930s - 1940s Nazi Germany region, so I'm just a sparkling fascist"

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It is outrageously true he is a Nazi, to which he acknowledged with a nazi salute.

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[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Elon Musk's grandfather was critical of the Nazis for not being anti-semitic enough.

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[–] flandish@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (4 children)

i hope he follows his nazi leader

[–] butsbutts@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 days ago

that would be mind blowing

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 62 points 2 days ago

Elon is a Cowardly Nazi Billionaire, which is somehow astronomically more pathetic than being just a Nazi, which is already one of the most pathetic things you can be...

[–] Hikuro93@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

If not Nazi, why Sieg Heil-shaped? 🙄

On a completely unrelated topic, just look at Hitler sending his heart out to his people, how heartwarming.

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[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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[–] Siresly@lemm.ee 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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.

[–] Grizzlyboy@lemm.ee 22 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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.

[–] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

He knows perfectly well why everyone can see that he is a nazi.

The denials and fake butthurt are just theatre.

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[–] clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

It is outrageously accurate

[–] blargle@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 days ago
[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 days ago

"I need to save Tesla stock so I'll just lie long enough for people to forget."

Pretty funny/terrible that there is so much news about all these turds (probably by design) that it becomes exceedingly difficult to search to fact-check older things and bring up previous articles one remembers. Even AI has problems parsing the searches. It is like 1984's information-deletion theme isn't even needed. You just create enough noise that the signal gets lost.

Re-found this info though to float it back up to the top: https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/elon-musks-political-shift-family-34222327

Discussing with MailOnline, Errol conveyed his satisfaction at observing Elon own up to his background, stating: "I think for the first time Elon was accepting who he is. Until recently, he's been a sort of character on a stage." He then added his thoughts on his sons' initial political trajectories saying, "When you come from South Africa, Lefties think you're a Nazi. To succeed, you need to be accepted by them so my sons, [Elon and younger brother Kimbal, a hugely successful restaurateur], started to become these flaming liberals – turning away from South Africa and their roots, which included me. Finally, Elon was embracing his heritage and his destiny," reported the Mirror.

Of course, "South Africa and their roots" == Apartheid, white nationalism, and all the usual stuff leading up to Fascism and Godwin's law.

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I read the article, looking for Musk to explain more and all I got is that he can't be a Nazi because he has never personally killed anyone.

No, seriously, that's the clever defense of Mr. Geniusman.

I’ve not harmed anyone in my life, so it’s an outrageous thing to claim that I’m a Nazi, because the issue with Nazis was not their mannerisms or their, you know, choice of dress, but the fact that they killed millions of people

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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (5 children)

That's exactly what a Nazi would say

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[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 38 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Nazi works, but if he'd prefer something else, "technofascist" and "neo-feudalist" are both arguably even more accurate.

Or we could go a different way - "psychopathic douchebag" has a nice ring to it, or maybe "delusional fuckhead."

[–] TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca 32 points 2 days ago

He behaves like a Nazi so he's a Nazi. And clearly calling him that is getting under his skin, so it's working. I don't think using a different word will have the same effect. Heck, he might even latch onto neo-feudalist thinking it's cool or something.

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[–] miseducator@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Musk claims he's targeted for character assassination

Seem to remember him character assassinating a dude who helped save some Thai children a decade or so ago, except that was false and him acting real Nazi makes me think he prolly a real Nazi.

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[–] Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 days ago

Can't wait for the day that nazi dies

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 days ago (3 children)

If Tesla's robot taxis ever make it to market, you'd Sieg heil a cab for a special discount.

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[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 22 points 2 days ago

Consequences for being a Nazi piece of shit suck don't they Elon.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 days ago

Just have the balls to admit it you bloated sack of shit.

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