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.

  • Flying Squid
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    Moderator warning: calling for Elon Musk or anyone else to be assassinated is a violation of Lemmy.world ToS.

    • @mPony
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      calling for Elon Musk or anyone else to be assassinated

      Yeah but we can discuss it without saying it should happen, right? (not trying to be a dick about this, honestly)

      • Flying SquidM
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        Yes. That is fine. There’s a difference between saying “this sort of thing could lead to Elon being killed” and “Elon deserves a bullet in the head.” The issue is with the latter, which has been a big problem in this thread. It is not legal to do that in the Netherlands, where the server is based.

        • @mPony
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          1113 hours ago

          Thanks, Flying Squid. I appreciate the clarification.

          • Flying SquidM
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            No problem. I’m always happy to clarify such things.

    • @Ithorian
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      So it begins… Reddit 2.0

      • @[email protected]
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        914 hours ago

        Just hop to another instance that doesn’t have the same difficulties as .world. Reddit 2.0 on Lemmy requires us to be compliant.

        • @Cliff
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          53 hours ago

          Or that user could just set up his own instance and face all the possible liability issues himself.

          • @[email protected]
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            Exactly. A large portion of the .world user base is from North America and doesn’t realize .world isn’t based on the United States.

  • @[email protected]
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    One if their supports just murdered 2 and insured 60 when he drove his car into a Christmas market…

  • @Snapz
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    113 minutes ago

    Over/under on months before spacex is manufacturing missles to arm these groups?

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

  • @iAvicenna
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    Elon truly is the embodiment of cancer wow. First Nigel farage and now AfD.

  • Jack
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    21 hour ago

    Did people also saw Hitler like that before he got in power?

    “Oh look that bozo doing shit again” and then bam, the bozo is the head of state?

    • @pyre
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      I mean, have you ever really looked at him without the hindsight knowledge of what nazi germany would be like? he’s so fucking lame.

  • katy ✨
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    on the same day that an anti islam afd supporter committed a terrorist attack on a christmas market even

    elon sure can pick them

  • @RizzRustbolt
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    Is that he has those Black Sun ghouls following him everywhere now?

  • andrew_bidlaw
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    He seems to not mind if someone would cut a swastika into his forehead.

  • Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼
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    Can’t say that I’m surprised. Both are pro-RuSSian trolls and just absolute morons in general, but it’s still pretty interesting, because the AfD absolutely hates EVs and prefers RuSSian oil imports. I honestly think that Musk just isn’t aware of their EV politics, and it makes all of this so much funnier 😂

    • @Maggoty
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      Elon’s actually come out against EV subsidies. It seems counter intuitive until you realize he’s so detached from any one product that the power he’s derived from his wealth is more important now.

  • @SulaymanF
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    Meanwhile Tesla sales are down in Europe 28% despite an increase in overall EV sales.

    • @NotMyOldRedditName
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      For the month maybe, but its possible imports are gonna be higher in December for various shipping reasons. Monthly numbers aren’t always good indicators and have always been used to attack Tesla even when they were growing, not to say it might not be a preview of whats to come either. It’s around 15% YTD.

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    4114 hours ago

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

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

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

  • @[email protected]
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    3916 hours ago

    Don’t the conservative bobbleheads talk about evil globalist conspiracies? Like, I found it right here for you guys! It was right in front of you the whole time!

    • @[email protected]
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      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]”.

      • @[email protected]
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        Huh, guess I missed that dog whistle. I thought it was just the opposite of a “nationalist”, people who want to create a new world order and all that.

        I guess I’m not surprised they think it’s the Jewish people doing that, but didn’t think it was exclusive to them.

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          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.

  • @[email protected]
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    The rest of the world might need to bring the US to heel. We’re exporting hate and racism as a means to build fascist states around the world. Our rich are so rich and protected by the US military that they are becoming untethered from all remaining constraints about law and sovereignty for other countries.

    Here be dragons.

    • @gcheliotis
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      Yeah it’s weird because you can both see Russia as an exporter of hate, but the US is on it too. I guess before late everyone will be on it.