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[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Reddit caved to facism. Another coward CEO takes it up the ass from a south African immigrant.

[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago

He wanted to do it to please the Magats but not take any responsibility or have it used against him later.

[–] Entertain529@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What's wrong? Just own it already.

[–] samuelwankenobi@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because a nazi Sieg Heil is seen as a bad thing by 90% of the world and if he came out and admitted it was one he would probably lose a few supporters from being on his side (probably not a big amount but some)

[–] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Idk dude the world has a lot of assholes maybe more like 80% eh?

[–] HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee 47 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Remember when he was investigated by the SEC for Tweeting out that he was buying back Tesla stock for $420 apiece?

And when he got booted out of the company he started because he insisted on naming it "X" despite everyone telling him that made it sound like a porn site?

And when he accused those divers of being pedophiles because they rescued stranded children before he could find a way to make it about himself?

And when just about every time he announces he's saved government money, the number "saved" is immediately backtracked?

And how the whole reason he owns Twitter is he made on offer that he immediately tried to back out of and would have if not for the threat of a multimillion dollar suit for breach of contract?

Elon Musk does not think shit through. However smart or stupid he is, however deeply he does or doesn't believe the Trump Administration's fascist bullshit, he does not dedicate much time to thinking about it before he does stuff. I do not doubt for a moment that he performed and meant to perform a Nazi salute. As to what he was thinking, I cannot say. Maybe he cannot. He definitely has sympathies for anti-semitic and racist movements, but I don't think he thought he was going to be hailed as the savior of the Aryan race for doing it. Maybe he thought it would be funny. Maybe he thought it would be "ironic." Maybe he thought it would get "teh libz" in a tizzy. He probably didn't think he would have to avoid ever going to Germany again under threat of being arrested. Whatever he was thinking, he probably wasn't thinking it more than five seconds before he did it. And he's clearly not thinking it now. Because despite being the richest man on the planet, Elon Musk is a bumblefuck who doesn't think things through and has thus far been able to buy or otherwise ride his way out of any consequences of the things he has done without thinking about them.

[–] rektdeckard@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did Germany make him persona non grata or something? Or is there a standing arrest on sight order for Nazis in general

[–] HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

The latter.

They take neo-fascism seriously.

Yeah, I think you're exactly right. Now he's seeing consequences - particularly the affect on the Tesla brand - and realised he's shat the bed. So he's thinking 'If I can make those photos go away, people will forget it happened.'

Yeah, lotsa luck with that.

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[–] LibraSaturn78936@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Well this was the tiny little push I needed to make an account lol

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[–] Captain_Patchy@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 4 points 1 day ago

Oh god it's like a fucking mirror. Vile.

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

Time to introduce him to the Streisand effect

[–] Mustakrakish@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He doesn't want it removed. He wants to target those using it against him. Nazis using it to praise him are not in the crossfires now.

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[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago
[–] Bunbury@feddit.nl 193 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think he wants it removed because of the effect on Tesla. He’d prefer if he could do things without consequences for his actions.

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 31 points 2 days ago

I assume it sucks feeling consequenses for the first time in his life. I hope he feels some more consequenses.

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 126 points 2 days ago (2 children)

In Musk logic: it's not bad when he does it. It's bad when people start discussing it, because they might come to a disapproving conclusion.

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[–] Corno@lemm.ee 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Actions do have consequences. Trying to erase posts and people calling you out for what you did and explaining why those actions are bad does not make those things that you did go away and is honestly a bad look. If you don't want people on social media calling you a Nazi, there's a really easy solution for that - don't do Nazi salutes on live TV, don't make Nazi puns instead of apologizing, and don't keep regurgitating anti-semetic conspiracy theories like the "great replacement" conspiracy theory.

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[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 152 points 2 days ago (8 children)
[–] b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 144 points 2 days ago (6 children)

There’s nothing wrong with sucking cocks. There’s everything wrong with being a greedy little Nazi bootlicker pigboy.

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[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 82 points 2 days ago (63 children)

Comparison of Nazi salute circa 1940 to Musk salute circa 2025:

Video of repeated Nazi salutes at Trump's Inauguration

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago

Fuck his Nazi ass. Let him stew

[–] SparrowHawk@feddit.it 89 points 2 days ago (16 children)

On TV the heil reaches the target audience in a way of plausoble deniability, on the internet it can be perceived constantly, thought of, discussed. That breeds dissent much more than passive, temporary consumption.

That and he definetely wasn't expecting the backlash to be as big as it was

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[–] alaphic@lemmy.world 73 points 2 days ago

If he really didn't want people to share a picture of him heil-ing, then he could always, oh, i dunno, STOP FUCKING HEIL-ING you stupid fucking twat

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