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Summary
Germany accused Elon Musk of trying to influence its February 2024 election by endorsing the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) through social media posts and a commentary in Welt am Sonntag.
Musk praised the AfD’s positions on regulation and taxes, calling them Germany’s saviors.
His actions sparked backlash, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz calling it unprecedented interference and SPD leader Saskia Esken vowing to resist influence from wealthy elites.
The Welt editor who published Musk’s piece resigned, while the AfD, polling second, remains shunned by mainstream parties.
They are Nazis, plain and simple. Unfortunately, it’s not quite that easy banning an entire political party, even if they’re considered actively hostile towards the constitution. Well. I say “unfortunately” but it should of course be difficult. Democracy isn’t easy.
So maybe not the whole of AfD can be called Nazi, but at least one of their leaders according to https://www-hessenschau-de.translate.goog/politik/demonstranten-duerfen-afd-politiker-bjoern-hoecke-als-nazi-bezeichnen-v1,ermittlungen-hoecke-ist-ein-nazi-eingesellt-100.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=de&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp:
And as we all know, if there are 9 people and 1 Nazi sitting together at a table, then there are 10 Nazis sitting together at that table.
I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment.