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Elon Musk sparked outrage in Germany by endorsing the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party on his platform, X, claiming “only the AfD can save Germany.”

The AfD, which polls second ahead of Germany’s February snap election, has been labeled extremist by German intelligence.

Political leaders accused Musk of election interference, while others criticized his remarks as harmful. Musk later doubled down, calling for Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s resignation.

Musk’s comments align with his past support for far-right and anti-immigration figures across Europe and beyond.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

If luigi killed this guy I would not shed a single tear.

I would crack open an ice cold beer.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Save Germany from what? Being a successful, modern country that takes care of its people?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Ugh, I must live in alternate-reality Germany. Not like AfD can improve things, but come on

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I genuinely apologize for my ignorance. Germany looks like a damned paradise of free healthcare and other social welfare programs from the States. What issues are you facing over there?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 42 minutes ago (1 children)

Mainly missed opportunities due to inefficiencies and conflicts of interest in politics I'd say?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 32 minutes ago

The biggest issue is a lack of investments due to us putting a block of taking on new government debt into our constitution so there never is enough money to invest in things like the infrastructure. That and too much bureaucracy in everything.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 12 hours ago

You should be more undersantding. Since Trump is now enraged because people call Musk the President, Musk needs to find a backup country where he'll be called the leader before Trump kicks him out. That's all just risk mitigation!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

You know what bothers me? Musk knows hes bullshitting everyone and it seems like its fucking laugh to him. Remember when the hyper rich built libraries and funded colleges and, i dunno, just gave back? To think, just a few short years ago, he was presenting as some kind of visionary. Turns out, hes just a capitalist asshole.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Noblesse oblige still exists, but the loudest morons with wealth don’t do it. Classy people with wealth certainly still do

[–] [email protected] 16 points 14 hours ago

Only Nazis can save Germany...isn't there precedent for that not working?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

He's a modern day Nazi leader, what do you expect him to say?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago

Matches up with history. Hitler had a giant portrait of Henry Ford in his office. American racism, genocide, and capitalism was a major inspiration for the Nazis

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is nothing surprising about a white South African promoting a racist political party. White South Africans are the most openly and unabashedly racist people on the planet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Japan and China will challenge your statement

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

The racism olympics is pretty competitive this year

[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

We're running into the paradox of tolerance real quick here folks. Democracies need to legislate limits to the political influence of rich idiots and soon, otherwise we'll all end up like the US.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago

Well, funny thing is we do have rules about what you can and cannot say, in Europe. I'm looking forward to him discovering those little subtleties, since he clearly cannot shut his trap.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

Rest of the world, please take us as a cautionary tale, not a model for emulation

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

vietnamese people think elon musk and donald trump are right about everything because they are smart because they are rich and because america is a democracy

they are deified, basically. just like ho chi minh

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

TBH he is. Ford was a piece of shit and so is he.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago

Well, the nazism, the car thing, the evil vulture capitalist…kinda similar.

[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 day ago (7 children)

What the fuck does he even know about germany?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

He knows what benifits him. That's the entirety of his motivations. Evil greedy assholes are quite dull, he just knows what makes him more money and more power.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago

What the fuck does he know about America?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

It doesn’t matter to him. All he knows that he’s a Dark Enlightenment fascist white supremacist. The poors and non-whites must die. Fascist governments must be in power everywhere so he can have his world where he is king, he has robots to do his bidding and can try to live forever.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

His knowledge is mostly restricted to the years 1933-1945.

He didn't read the ending. No one tell him the spoiler.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

How about a Life reenactment?

I, as Citizen of Germany by birth and Law, invite Elon Musk to Nürnberg. We bring some Judges and a Rope.

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No country is safe from Elon Musk's election interference. It's urgent that we boycott Twitter and Tesla. If you have a Twitter account do the following now:

  1. Send a DM to your favorite accounts and urge them to stop using Twitter.
  2. (If you haven't already) register for Bluesky.
  3. Make a Tweet saying you are no longer using Twitter.
  4. Tell your friends to follow the same instructions.

These could take as little as five minutes of your time but it will make a huge difference because of the ripple effect. When one person leaves it will automatically incentivize your friends to follow you. You have the power to make a difference.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 day ago (8 children)

register for Bluesky

Replace that with Mastodon and you're golden.

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[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Elon grew up and enjoyed the South African Apartheid regime and he is a neo-Nazi.

[–] [email protected] 221 points 1 day ago (16 children)

It's important to note that right after saying this...

A German AFD supporter who retweets Musk drove into a Christmas market in a terrorist attack

Germany has stricter laws about inciting violence, it's a long shot but maybe he'll get charges

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Musk later doubled down, calling for Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s resignation.

This stupid POS doesn't even know that this already happened a few days ago.

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[–] [email protected] 105 points 1 day ago

Elon Musk is a danger to democracy all over the world

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