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What makes musk 'far right' as opposed to his previously expressed values? Everyone says this, but it doesn't connect for me. His actions have been in the same
by porkbeer 3y ago
What makes musk 'far right' as opposed to his previously expressed values? Everyone says this, but it doesn't connect for me. His actions have been in the same vein since well before twitter or even tesla.
- cratermoon 3y ago> His actions have been in the same vein since well before twitter or even tesla. Yes, he's always been far right. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/21/elon-musk-liberal-twitter-plans-benevolent https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/21/elon-m...
- dgreensp 3y agoHe gave generously to Obama's campaign. When he was advocating for universal basic income (2016?), and before that, he called himself a moderate, somewhere between the Democrats and the Republicans of the time (who hadn't themselves yet gone full-in on racism, sexism, etc). Now he inhabits a part of the political spectrum that was virtually unknown before the Tea Party.