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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    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.

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

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    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.

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      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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    …without specifying in which sense exactly, like, he is not precisely allegiant to Adolf

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    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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        Not to mention his specific interventions in designs that lead to various fatalities. (Why the cybertruck/wankpanzer is a complete death trap, despite being designed by some likely talented engineers.)

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        Yep. Also, going by that measure, Hitler was a vegetarian and lover of animals who never personally killed anyone

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

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      Like he can do more than 3 steps of Goose Step!

      But he does talk like a nazi, except for replacing the “lazy jews/communists” with migrants/poors/democrats

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      Hey, HEY, that’s not fair! He’s not a naz…{checks his behaviour}
      I see. Ok, I mean he’s not fa…{checks pictures}
      Riiiight. Wel, he’s not a retar…{checks behaviour again}

      No, you’re correct. Carry on.