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Backlash builds as Elon Musk endorses Germany’s far right – POLITICO

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Backlash builds as Elon Musk endorses Germany’s far right – POLITICO - Lemmy.World

Elon Musk is backing the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), triggering an outcry in Berlin in the run-up to a critical snap election. “Only the AfD can save Germany,” the billionaire X owner wrote [https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1869986946031988780] on the platform on Friday in the latest of a series of endorsements of European far-right parties. Musk has recently supported European populist-right politicians in increasingly clear terms, including Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni [https://www.politico.eu/article/precious-genius-elon-musk-love-bombs-beautiful-giorgia-meloni-global-citizens-award-un/]and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage [https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-nigel-farage-brexit-britain-reform-donald-trump/]. Earlier this week, Farage boasted that Musk is “right behind” him — and raised the prospect that the tech tycoon would financially back his Reform UK party.

floofloof Dec 20, 2024

Musk is a real danger to the world. He is throwing his essentially infinite resources behind fascist politicians everywhere he can. We are looking at likely fascist takeovers in Germany, France and the UK, as well as the USA and a swing to the hard right in Canada. Other European countries have already gone fascist. It would be like the 1930s and 40s except that some powerful countries still fought against fascism then. Now it seems to be taking over everywhere.

Musk is a significant force in this movement. We urgently need an effective popular movement against billionaires.

xmunk Dec 20, 2024

Musk isn’t acting alone because he doesn’t directly have much money.

Let us not lose sight of the banks that offer wealthy individuals zero interest loans against hyper pumped stock portfolios that are only worth a mere fraction of their on paper value.

Musk is absolutely a villain but we also have a fucked up system ready to empower a replacement. They’re both problems.

Corkyskog Dec 21, 2024

Let’s crash some stocks then…

xmunk Dec 20, 2024

We’re still not even a single day into Trump being president.

Flying Squid Dec 20, 2024

You mean Musk being president.

Ex Nummis Dec 20, 2024

Musk needs to die. He’s the single most dangerous person on the planet, moreso than Trump himself or even Putin.

I hope some brave schmuck close to him is prepared to sacrifice everything. I would do it myself if there was any realistic chance of success.

And before this disappears due to “advocating violence” - he and his ilk don’t just advocate violence but actually visit it upon us, on a daily basis. Fuck off with your righteousness. Tyrants should never be suffered.

AmidFuror Dec 20, 2024

Hard no. Musk needs to lose his power by losing his popularity. Anyone he backs, verbally or financially, needs to see it as a net negative for their prospects. He needs to be vilified and demonized for his behavior.

Should he be assassinated? No.

Chozo Dec 20, 2024

I dunno, I actually understand this take. Unlike the UHC CEO, Musk's swift departure from existence would actually have positive effects for the world. He's not just some benign CEO that can be easily replaced by one of thousands of like-minded sycophants, Musk is an actual dangerous force who individually holds a lot of power.

Right now, it's getting easier and easier to give serious consideration to the "kill baby Hitler with a time machine" thought experiment.

Flying Squid Dec 20, 2024

I’m still hoping for him to OD on ketamine.

Lord Wiggle Dec 21, 2024

That would be an amazing death. I wouldn’t wish him to die so kindly. I don’t mind if Musk would bleed out in the streets or something. And I’m against killing people in general, I don’t see how that could benefit anyone… With some exceptions. Like Hitler, Putin, Musk, etc. But to be clear, I don’t have plans and I don’t want to push others to do something… I’m just saying I wouldn’t mind.

Also, OD on ket is really hard to do.

Flying Squid Dec 21, 2024

He apparently takes massive amounts of the stuff at parties.

Corkyskog Dec 21, 2024

It’s really hard to OD on Ketamine. More likely he either will or has already developed K bladder… which is not fun and permanent

Lord Wiggle Dec 22, 2024

I doubt he does more ketamine then me, and I have no bladder issues (tested). You’d need to be addicted or have a weak bladder or something to get it, otherwise you’re fine. Just make sure you drink enough liquids. AFAIK he’s just a recreational user, just like me.

Corkyskog Dec 22, 2024

Close friends have said quotes like “He microdoses daily, and macrodoses often at parties”

I doubt your doing K everyday, but maybe…

Lord Wiggle Dec 22, 2024

True, I’m not microdosing but I use it most weekends, between 1 and 5 grams per weekend depending on the length of partying.

Honestly I don’t really understand why he would use ketamine. I am constantly confronted with myself, with what I’ve done and how much impact I have. If Musk would experience even 1% of what I experience he would jump of a bridge after donating his entire wealth to the poor. But I guess his narcissism blocks any self confrontation. His trips must either be boring AF or he’s the biggest massogist out there.

I’m just speculating, I can’t see in his brain. But I do see his actions and I can say without a doubt the world would become a lot better when he’s gone. I never thought people could be pure evil. Always people have good intentions but are blind to see the damage they create. But with Musk I truly believe he’s pure selfish and couldn’t care less if he has to walk over piles of bodies to get more money and power. No good intentions at all. Even Hitler had good intentions. Trump is dumb AF, I bet even he means well, he’s just too dumb to understand anything.

I think Musk is a true villain and the only good intentions he has are only good for himself.

I can’t believe people are still falling for his scams and lies, after being exposed so many times. Honestly, Idiocracy is a documentary, people are using that movie as a manual.

Let’s strap Elon on top of a starship and let that be the first and last one to reach orbit. In a cybertruck, circling around Mars like the Tesla roadster. It would be the best meme ever. Give him some Idiocracy “rehabilitation”.

Stop Elon destroying the world even further then he already has. Please. Someone? Luigi? I prefer him to rot in prison for the rest of his life, so he can feel sorry for himself all those years. But I know 99% sure that’s never going to happen with the corrupt justiciary system and his wealth and influence.

Corkyskog Dec 22, 2024

I am pretty sure his motives are simply to destroy modern society, especially in America so he can collapse the government and then create the tech bro feudalist society that they want to replace it with, with Musk and Thiel, et al. Being kings of their fiefdoms.

I am sure he rationalize it by thinking he would somehow be better.

punkisundead [they/them]Dec 21, 2024

He is like the prime goal for any Luigi out there.

drdiddlybadger Dec 20, 2024

Hopefully Germany sees how shit he is at anything and rejects any party influenced by him.

EleventhHour Dec 20, 2024

Ah, yes, the dealbreaker for any German politician: inefficient bureaucracy.

Flying Squid Dec 20, 2024

Dealing with the German bureaucracy when I don’t even speak the language is exactly why I haven’t explored getting German citizenship even though I technically am eligible. The technicality involves Nazi Germany and my Jewish grandfather being declared stateless by them, but not becoming a UK citizen until after my father was born.

One day maybe I’ll work to untangle that mess, but it sounds like a nightmare.

Flying Squid Dec 20, 2024

He. Is. A. Nazi.

Mog_fanatic Dec 20, 2024

His dad recently saying how proud he is that elon is finally embracing his family’s political leanings and then immediately talking about there’s a long history of Nazis in the family is just hilarious

Flying Squid Dec 20, 2024

His dad is even worse than he is. Which is pretty amazing.