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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

They all want to be Nazis, but not called Nazis. Elon, Trump, the AfD...

The Nazi doesn't like being called a Nazi, that's too bad Nazi.

“...I’m a Nazi”

-Elon Musk

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I too am outraged that it's being framed as a "claim" rather than a "fact".

[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 166 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 49 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Looks kinda weird. Maybe because usually when You see photos of people doing this pose, its in black and white.

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 82 points 2 days ago (4 children)
[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I am being so productive at work today...

[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

My favorite is the one of him uh hanging out with his friend Mussolini but I’m not sure .world is willing to host that one lol

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

Ok, this is brilliant! HAHAHAHAHA thank you!

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Dear Captain Wolf, you are being productive to the world and I salute you - sir!

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just... Not that salute...

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[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago

Moreover, you are so accommodating. Thank you for spreading the truth.

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[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 days ago

I came to this discussion thread to up-vote this comment. Thank you for posting it.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

only thing missing is hitler next to him for comparison

[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago
[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 14 points 1 day ago

In his interview with Lara Trump, Musk said he thinks some people want him dead.

Hey Elon, it's me, some people.

since I’m a little difficult to kill

Leave your human meat shield home next time you speak in public.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 77 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Quit paying any attention to what he says. If you have been the victim of a narcissist you know that they can never admit fault. Ever! What he says doesn't matter. Just keep slamming his every word and deed and stop using his products. He isn't the only one. We are in this mess because of mentally unbalanced people just like him. It has nothing to do with them being rich and out of touch with reality. Its because they are born mentally incapable of decency. You can't get good numbers on how many narcissist exist. After all they are the least likely to ever get any form of therapy.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If they weren’t rich, they’d just be crazy people, with no national impact.

Wealth is power. The only way to effect change is to seriously threaten wealth.

They are not crazy. They are cruel and without decency. Few of them end up homeless. They are too nasty for that. They will do anything, steal from anyone. Including their children. The rich ones show how unbalanced they are because they have the wealth for it not to matter. The ones that are not rich are sly and secretive. They hide their cruelty. They do however support the exposed ones like musk and trump. They wouldn't harm them unless they could become them.

[–] Photuris@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 days ago (5 children)

If we could somehow cure Cluster B Personality Disorders, 95% of humanity’s problems would disappear overnight.

It’s just the perennial Problem of Evil, but with modern psychological terminology.

Same shit, different day.

I agree in full. I was raised by them and allowed myself to be their victim for far too long. I see people who have it daily. For the most part I ignore them since there is little to be done about their affliction. The only cure has to come from within. This is not likely. Therapy really can only help those who try to help themselves. They know they do bad things. They don't care. They lack the capacity.

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[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 51 points 2 days ago (2 children)

“You grew up in South Africa,” Lara Trump, Trump’s daughter-in-law and Fox News host, said in the new interview. “You lived during a period of Apartheid. I’m sure you’ve seen a lot of horrific things. So to be called a Nazi by people, to be made out to be this monster, that must be really hard for you.”

motherf*cker, you and your ilk were the oppressors. everything pre and post indicates that it was perfectly fine with you and yours. "white" washing at its finest. now, gtfo!

[–] chilldrivenspade@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

Like telling a Nazi concentration camp officer he had it hard bc he lived during the HOLOCAUST

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago

Hey, Elon, you're a Nazi.

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"I'm not a Nazi!," cries the guy openly supporting national socialists in Germany, publicly making Nazi puns on Twitter, and throwing Nazi salutes on stage during the presidential inauguration...

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don’t forget unbanning tons of Nazis on twitter in the name of “free speech” while silencing their critics.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Almost as if being dishonest was a trait of totalitarian fucktards, huh?

Why are we still treating them with good faith in anything?

[–] skvlp@lemm.ee 24 points 1 day ago

Elon, I’m not claiming that you are a nazi. I’m starting the fact that you are a nazi.

[–] thisphuckinguy@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago
[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 20 points 1 day ago

Shut up nazi

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

Weird thing for a Nazi to say.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

A fascist supporter of Trumpism and the Apartheid regime is close enough to Nazism as it needs to be. I don't think it's outrageous at all. Also bro did a Nazi salute on live TV.

[–] BobbyGasoline@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

If the armband fits...

[–] InfiniteHench@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Multiple times he has publicly defended a German political party that has a leader who has stated, and I quote: “Germany was safer under Adolf Hitler.” End quote.

He personally flew out to attend a party from this, uh, ‘party.’

Fuck Elon Musk and every single person who defends him in any way, shape, or form.

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[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

Things a Nazi say.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, doing a full on sig heil is outrageous, you fucking muppet.

[–] jhymesba@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago
[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Sorry, slimey attention seeker and unloveable edgelord then

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[–] antisocialite@lemmy.today 10 points 2 days ago

The lady doth protest too much.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago
[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 7 points 2 days ago
[–] wwb4itcgas@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

Yeah, but who'd take a Nazi at their word?

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