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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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[–] Corno@lemm.ee 32 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Ignoring the fact that he did what was probably the most vigorous Nazi salute in existence...

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

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 7 points 1 hour ago

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.

[–] notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world 17 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour 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 2 points 23 minutes ago* (last edited 22 minutes 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.

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

He’s also got ideas, mainly the need to breed more men with his genius DNA. /s

[–] Eggyhead 1 points 22 minutes ago

Bro did a nazi salute on stage twice. Wtf did he expect?

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 23 minutes ago

It's outrageous to suggest that him being a nazi is merely "a claim".

[–] Therobohour@lemmy.world 1 points 24 minutes ago

If you don't want us to think your a nazi then stop doing nazi shit infront of literally the world press

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 25 minutes ago

Has anyone succeeded in killing him? I don't think so. So in essence we can conclude that he's in no risk.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 2 points 49 minutes ago

Two enthusiastic salutes says you a Nazi fuck boy Melon.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 14 points 2 hours ago

Maga = Nazi

[–] Siresly@lemm.ee 15 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours 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.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 22 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world 18 points 5 hours ago

It is outrageously accurate

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 23 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 hour ago

Two nazi salutes, one after the other

[–] Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 5 hours ago

Can't wait for the day that nazi dies

[–] Grizzlyboy@lemm.ee 20 points 5 hours ago (2 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.

[–] supernight52@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Lol, you think he trusts those death traps to carry him anywhere?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 48 minutes ago

His have special firmware

That is not a joke.

[–] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 12 points 4 hours ago

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

The denials and fake butthurt are just theatre.

[–] blakenong 15 points 6 hours ago

It’s 100% okay to kill a real Nazi. Moderate that if you are a Nazi loving fuck.

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 23 points 7 hours ago (2 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

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 45 minutes ago

I've never harmed anyone

Already bullshit.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 9 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

And even that falls short on many deaths his chainsaw government cuts will result in.

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago

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

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 6 points 5 hours ago

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.)

[–] Emil_Zatopek1982@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

He prefers facist.

[–] sircac@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

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

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 22 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

No no you're throwing your heart out to it! /s

[–] iamtrashman1312@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Don't you mean "making a heartfelt autistic gesture" to it

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 74 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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

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[–] blargle@sh.itjust.works 28 points 9 hours ago
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[–] LonstedBrowryBased@lemm.ee 17 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Not only is he a Nazi he’s also a fat retard

[–] D_C@lemm.ee 10 points 6 hours ago

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.

[–] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

I see you share sime of his eugenics ideas though.

[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

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

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[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 20 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Does this dingus realize world leaders get daily threats? He wants to play president, this is all part of it

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