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Apartheid weirdo says the quiet part out loud (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by FlyingSquid to c/political_weirdos

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https://www.mediaite.com/online/elon-posts-tweet-agreeing-with-call-to-replace-democracy-with-republic-run-by-high-status-males/

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[–] hesusingthespiritbomb 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not saying he wasn't always an asshole. I'm saying the level of asshole political extremist he is now is a huge departure from how he was previously.

2017 Elon isn't a good person, but is a lot better and sane than 2021 Elon, who is in turn a lot better and sane than 2024 Elon. His first huge Twitter spat was the submarine pedophile fiasco, and now he says something more deranged than that on a weekly basis.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

My point was that he's always been an extremist right winged nut job, he's just letting people see it now.

If you look at his work history, the people he hung out with, and how he's run his businesses, it's all very consistent with far right libertarian ideology. He's always been against regulation, he's always been anti union, and he started a business with Peter Thiel.

Not much has changed, except he now believes his cult of personality is strong enough to withstand media criticisms.