Elon Musk is backing the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), triggering an outcry in Berlin in the run-up to a critical snap election.

“Only the AfD can save Germany,” the billionaire X owner wrote on the platform on Friday in the latest of a series of endorsements of European far-right parties.

Musk has recently supported European populist-right politicians in increasingly clear terms, including Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloniand Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Earlier this week, Farage boasted that Musk is “right behind” him — and raised the prospect that the tech tycoon would financially back his Reform UK party.

  • Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
    1191·
    16 hours ago

    Musk needs to die. He’s the single most dangerous person on the planet, moreso than Trump himself or even Putin.

    I hope some brave schmuck close to him is prepared to sacrifice everything. I would do it myself if there was any realistic chance of success.

    And before this disappears due to “advocating violence” - he and his ilk don’t just advocate violence but actually visit it upon us, on a daily basis. Fuck off with your righteousness. Tyrants should never be suffered.

    • AmidFuror@fedia.io
      940·
      16 hours ago

      Hard no. Musk needs to lose his power by losing his popularity. Anyone he backs, verbally or financially, needs to see it as a net negative for their prospects. He needs to be vilified and demonized for his behavior.

      Should he be assassinated? No.

      • Chozo@fedia.io
        60·
        16 hours ago

        I dunno, I actually understand this take. Unlike the UHC CEO, Musk’s swift departure from existence would actually have positive effects for the world. He’s not just some benign CEO that can be easily replaced by one of thousands of like-minded sycophants, Musk is an actual dangerous force who individually holds a lot of power.

        Right now, it’s getting easier and easier to give serious consideration to the “kill baby Hitler with a time machine” thought experiment.

      • leftytighty@slrpnk.netEnglish
        171·
        16 hours ago

        oh fuck off, every single bit of progress you enjoy from history had people willing to commit violence behind it.

        let’s vote musk out!!!

      • QProphecy@lemmy.world
        7·
        16 hours ago

        With these people it’s, the more the hordes hate you, more status you’ve got.

        There’s only one solution; assassination!

    • Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world
      23·
      12 hours ago

      His dad recently saying how proud he is that elon is finally embracing his family’s political leanings and then immediately talking about there’s a long history of Nazis in the family is just hilarious

  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
    62·
    17 hours ago

    Musk is a real danger to the world. He is throwing his essentially infinite resources behind fascist politicians everywhere he can. We are looking at likely fascist takeovers in Germany, France and the UK, as well as the USA and a swing to the hard right in Canada. Other European countries have already gone fascist. It would be like the 1930s and 40s except that some powerful countries still fought against fascism then. Now it seems to be taking over everywhere.

    Musk is a significant force in this movement. We urgently need an effective popular movement against billionaires.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
      153·
      15 hours ago

      Musk isn’t acting alone because he doesn’t directly have much money.

      Let us not lose sight of the banks that offer wealthy individuals zero interest loans against hyper pumped stock portfolios that are only worth a mere fraction of their on paper value.

      Musk is absolutely a villain but we also have a fucked up system ready to empower a replacement. They’re both problems.

  • drdiddlybadger
    10·
    15 hours ago

    Hopefully Germany sees how shit he is at anything and rejects any party influenced by him.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        3·
        12 hours ago

        Dealing with the German bureaucracy when I don’t even speak the language is exactly why I haven’t explored getting German citizenship even though I technically am eligible. The technicality involves Nazi Germany and my Jewish grandfather being declared stateless by them, but not becoming a UK citizen until after my father was born.

        One day maybe I’ll work to untangle that mess, but it sounds like a nightmare.