@tclark I understand he is investing 4 billion euros in Germany to produce huge amounts of Tesla cars. Not very fascistic...

The editor of Die Welt said "Musk's diagnosis is correct, but his therapeutic approach that only the AfD can save Germany is fatally wrong" - The Christmas market attack has inflamed matters - fairly or unfairly. I've observed similar patterns in Britain where avoiding difficult conversations about integration challenges in economically disadvantaged areas ultimately led to increased social tensions.

Drawing parallels between Musk publishing an op-ed in Die Welt and the rise of fascism misunderstands history - Germany's turn to Nazism in the 1930s emerged from a complex crisis involving post-WWI economic collapse, political instability, and social upheaval, not simply from newspaper editorials.