Summary

Elon Musk expressed support for Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on X, stating “Only the AfD can save Germany.”

Party leader Alice Weidel welcomed his endorsement, urging followers to review her criticisms of German politics.

The AfD, polling at 19% ahead of February’s federal election, is officially under scrutiny as an extremist group by German authorities.

Musk has previously questioned the party’s “far-right” label. Controversy surrounds the AfD, including links to a meeting discussing deportation of migrants.

  • palordrolap
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    784 months ago

    So, has Musk straight up admitted to being a white supremacist or has he only dropped anvil-sized hints so far?

  • acargitz
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    If Germany decided to pull an Israel on him, I wouldn’t protest the German embassy.

    • @jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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      I would prefer a Russian.

      We dont want his innocent family to all be bombed out of existence. Just Musk falling out of a window would be great.

  • @rustydrd@sh.itjust.works
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    564 months ago

    Elon: “Why are they considered far-right? They don’t look far-right to me!”

    Also Elon: ⬅️-----------------------------🙋➡️

    • @NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      It’s pretty much comes down to

      Do they support trans people and trans rights?

      Yes: Woke mind virus.

      No: TAKE MY MONEY!

      That’s why he’s in right wing politics now, he’s said as much. His trans daughter, who he dead names, was “stolen” from him.

      • @Cliff@lemmy.world
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        104 months ago

        I highly doubt that he ever had a real connection to his children in the first place.

        • AreaSIX
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          24 months ago

          Well, he did use one of his kids as a human shield repeatedly when appearing in public after Luigi crossed one of their guys off the board. That’s kind of a connection?

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      As a believer in Horseshoe Theory (Just hang around a tankie long enough, you will too)

      I’m really hoping these people somehow wrap around to being left… I mean that won’t happen because the Horseshoe only bends one way, but damn.

    • @JigglySackles@lemmy.world
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      74 months ago

      It’s not surprising though. From what I’ve seen they are just Red Hats Deutschland Edition. Just need some altered merch and bam, Deutschlun’! MDWG!

        • @Asafum@feddit.nl
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          84 months ago

          Hopefully musk gets too close to Putin and finds himself “accidentally” falling out of a window

          • @mPony@lemmy.world
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            24 months ago

            Joke all you want; the moment anyone involved in US politics get defenestrated there is going to be a whole lotta crazy. The thing to remember is that regular people don’t get to go near those windows.

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      I concur - someone should shoo him away (or at least downregulate him).

      Until that happens, companies that he owns can be boycotted in the faint hope that he understands something, but that kind of people, nah… they typically won’t.

      Once this episode is over - in whatever way - I even think we might see reforms in the US electoral system. To prevent an oligarch from buying everyone a crooked president.

      As for Germans, they will probably not appreciate his advise.

    • @Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
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      304 months ago

      I don’t understand this, while it’s obviously bad to have this situation, isn’t this the logical conclusion of the American political system?

      Lobbying has been a thing for decades, isn’t the logical conclusion that we get tyrants infiltrating the government?

      Clearly America has been working towards this for a long time.

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    354 months ago

    @MicroWave
    He is just pissed because a Union just sued his Tesla Gigafactory in Grünheide, so he goes crying to the ones most likely to make the boo boo go away if given power.

  • @xenomor@lemmy.world
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    294 months ago

    Are we allowed to discuss the many many benefits that society might receive if Elon Musk were in fact assassinated?

    • don
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      84 months ago

      I’d be, with extremely little resistance, willing to listen to your argument. Tread heavily if you dare.

    • @ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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      314 months ago

      In case you are unaware, when a racist says “globalist” they are not talking about worldwide events, the word “globalist” is a direct replacement for the word “Jew [derogatory]”.

        • @eronth@lemmy.world
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          74 months ago

          It’s a bit of both. They (often) think globalism is being pushed by the jews for the sake of… jews gaining power? The reason tends to change from person to person, but the point is they often think globalism is a Jewish plot.

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    One of their supports just murdered 2 and insured 60 when he drove his car into a Christmas market…