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What still shocks me — though maybe it shouldn’t at this point — is that the richest man in the world is seemingly an out-and-proud white supremacist, with dire

What still shocks me — though maybe it shouldn’t at this point — is that the richest man in the world is seemingly an out-and-proud white supremacist, with direct personal and financial ties to far-right groups across numerous countries, and this barely gets a peep in the news or on HN whenever the latest Tesla/Grok/SpaceX press release is disseminated. In fact, mentions of this on HN are usually just flagged and killed, as if it’s somehow irrelevant. As far as I’m concerned, every single Musk-related article should be prefaced with "and just as a reminder, the owner of this product is a (no longer closeted) white supremacist who spends his free time promoting things like remigration and taking down the 'liberal state' by violent force."

arp242 1y ago
Yeah, I don't really get that either, especially since Musk is still so involved in these companies. But Musk is hardly a unique case, and his racism is just part of the "Make Racism Great Again" movement that has, especially over the last year or so, become exceedingly explicit. You can see this here on HN as well. Or maybe it's more "Make 1820s Great Again" movement, because also from today: "Women’s suffrage is apparently up for debate again in America" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/13/womens-suffrage-week-in-patriarchy https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/13/womens...