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Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts

Elon Musk’s longtime fixation on a white racial majority is intensifying. The richest man in the world posted about how the white race was under threat, made allusions to race science or promoted anti-immigrant conspiracy content on 26 out of 31 days in January, according to the Guardian’s analysis of his social media output. The posts, made on his platform X, reflect a renewed embrace of what extremism experts describe as white supremacist material.

“Whites are a rapidly dying minority,” Musk said on 22 January, a short time before taking the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, while reposting an Irish anti-immigrant influencer’s video about demographic change.

Musk’s posts included him repeatedly claiming white people face systemic discrimination, endorsing the conspiracy that there is an ongoing genocide against white people in countries around the world and promoting a claim that white people would be “slaughtered” by non-whites if they become a demographic minority.

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

a pasty south african emerald mine colonizer spawn who does nazi salutes on major political rallies might be racist? what even is reality anymore

[–] MushuChupacabra@piefed.world 115 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The Tesla board of directors responded by voting to increase his bonus pay by another few hundred million.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They'd add a few zeroes. A few hundred million is less than a 1% increase.

Last I saw, he was angling for a $1 trillion bonus for his next round of grifting.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The targets they set for him to get that bonus seem pretty unachievable to me, though. It would take him having to stop actively turning people sour on the brand, which I can't see happening any time soon.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's what they said about his previous ridiculous bonus package (following that outcry, Musk replaced the board with family and sycophants). Tesla's valuation is completely divorced from reality and I wouldn't be shocked if he somehow grifts his way into meeting the targets, at least on paper.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

[sigh] Yeah, you're probably right.

[–] elbiter@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Don't tell me a South African diamond mogul is racist...

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Remember when they said "it was not a nazi salute"? Aging like milk and this point it's just mostly mold.

[–] OleFoFa@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It aged like room temperature raw chicken the moment it was uttered

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

gagged just thinking about it thanks

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Milk sometimes becomes cheese or kefir. This is aging like a fresh prawn hidden in the piston of an office chair

[–] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

Aging like a bag of seafood in a mailbox in July

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 14 points 2 days ago

If it walks like a nazi and quacks like a nazi and salutes like a nazi…

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He would play the race car 🏎️ 🏁

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Can’t out race a racist.

[–] inari@piefed.zip 35 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Elon thinks this is the master race:

[–] dandylion@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

this man can afford the highest quality food there is, a personal diet expert, a personal trainer, heck even medication that helps him get in shape. and he looks like that. bro, can you git good.

[–] Airowird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago

Because you can't buy personal effort.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 days ago

Peak human performance

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 3 days ago

Why have I never ran into anyone who wasn't a pregnant woman with those huge pokers? I mean, it's like a legit micropeen on his cheese.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 47 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Musk has had it up to here with all this discussion of how much of a piece of shit racist he is.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

fox nazi barbie started the trend, laura ingram.

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 40 points 3 days ago

Because he's a piece of shit racist

[–] zerobot@lemmy.wtf 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] TammyTobacco@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

Himself, to the bottom.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

We should really revoke his license for all that drug use.

[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

14+sons, who he named after things that a 12yo would.

and a daughter selected to be male using IVF

defying Muskrat's choices by being trans and choosing a normal name

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago

He diiiiiid?

[–] rogsson@piefed.social 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why are ppl still using Twitter?

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

An excellent question. I don't have an answer for you. Laziness?

[–] ViceroTempus@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

I'm shocked that Elon Musk the Nazi cares so much about race. /s

Every time I see him in the news lately all I can ever think about is that post about how all we have to do is eat one Billionaire and the rest will fall in line.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He has plenty of things that should keep him busy, but does this instead. Those workers sleeping at the office must be truly inspired by his racist shitposting achievements.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

He has plenty of things that should keep him busy

He didn't get to where he is by working for it, so why would he?

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

sigh both sides are so extremist.

/s !

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Just because I want you to dig your hole deeper: unpack that one for me, will you?

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Fuck Musk I was being sarcastic

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Don’t worry just a little *tankie confusion*

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

This sniveling weasel would take a race war over a tax hike. What a fucking little nut job.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

This is the real reason he wanted to have "free speech" on xitter. Free speech for him to say lots of Nazi stuff.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

maybe because people like you(musk) spend all thier time complaining about it online spaces, and not having sex.

[–] __Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

He has enough kids already, no need to encourage him

[–] dandylion@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago

oh my god. us poor white minority. :'(

this is some real nasty bait.

[–] aeration1217@lemmy.org 9 points 3 days ago

Illustrating that hoarding resources does not equate to value or utility. This scumbag 'has it all' and is still unhappy with himself, still inferior to other humans however you wish to measure, and still a lame fucking douche who doesn't understand what women or anybody wants. Also highlighting why blind shouldn't follow blind, you could end up like this Elmer fudd/Brian peppers abomination

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Believing in archaic colonialist pseudoscience when modern science has disproven it beyond a reasonable doubt makes you stupid. I’m sick of this parasite class that doesn’t do anything except commit crimes, rape kids, preach a return to feudalism, dismantle everything that our ancestors put in place to help working people, rape kids, make backdoor deals and collect subsidies from our tax dollars. Elon is the trashiest welfare queen to ever exist. When can we send his ass one way to mars and absorb his companies that we’ve footed the bill for into nasa and space x?

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

This is very old, but it gives you some insight in to how racists think in South Africa:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nK65XBpjXI

[–] Shamber@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Born and raised in a full on Apartheid specialised family, imagine this fucken retard is convinced he's a part of a superior race...this mother fucker that pisses his pants from too much keta...this mother fucker...fucken unbelievable

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

his parents were from canada, moved to apartheid africa because its not racist enough. his father acted out a porn fantasy and married his step daughter.

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