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AI, X and Musk are inherently linked with politics. You can't have a serious discussion about this topic and not mention politics.
by shafyy 8mo ago
AI, X and Musk are inherently linked with politics. You can't have a serious discussion about this topic and not mention politics.
- maxdo 8mo ago[flagged]
- dfedbeef 8mo agoHe did a Nazi salute live on stage
- maxdo 8mo agoand Ford supported Nazi too. So? Yet, his cars also helped to defeat Nazi's. The World is not black and white. Is his action lawful or not?
- bastawhiz 8mo agoCalling him a nazi doesn't imply his actions are unlawful. You can behave like a nazi and be called a nazi for behaving like one. What's your point?
- Orygin 8mo agoI don't see Henry Ford being politically active in 2026
- dfedbeef 8mo agoGenuinely stunned and I wish you well with this whole life outlook.
- miltonlost 8mo agowhy isn't therre a block button for you
- array_key_first 8mo agoIf Ford was around today, I imagine he would get a lot of shit for that. So, I'm not sure what your point is. The big picture is that musk is obviously both mentally unstable and overall a piece of shit person. You might say that doesn't matter. I think most people think it does. When those types of people get to make big decisions, they usually make bad or shortsighted ones. In US politics, we have two big problems: people get to make decisions far too big for them simply because of their wealth, and those people are often the absolute bottom of the barrel of humanity who shouldn't be trusted to tie their own shoes, let alone pivot our country in any direction.
- uyzstvqs 8mo ago[flagged]
- dgxyz 8mo agoWhich form of apologetics is this one? The Roman salute one, neatly demonstrated by the statue of Marcus Aurelius on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, the original of which is in the museum next door which I've been two, twice? Because that wasn't what Musk was doing.
- bastawhiz 8mo agoIn fairness, he did do a nazi salute, on stage, in front of cameras. And his AI did decide to start calling itself "MechaHitler".
- hardlianotion 8mo agoThe word "trillionaire" does not appear in the discussion. Not good form to imply quotes where there are none.
- dgxyz 8mo agoInteresting fact: I’ve never been called a Nazi. This is suspect is because I don’t quack like a fascist. Musk is fair game.
- a_better_world 8mo agoBut if Musk actively identifies himself as a Nazi, how is that name-calling? His family left Canada to move to South Africa because they were in leadership roles in the Canadian Nazi party. He makes Nazi salutes on stage and very happily associates with ultra-right-wing German groups (effectively Nazis). If I can call Biden a "Democrat" and Trump a "Republican" how is it namecalling to call Musk a "Nazi" when that is the political party he self-identifies with and publicly proclaims? Maxdo, I appreciate your moral stance. If "Nazi" is just a word that means "a bad person", then yeah, calling an influential person in society a "bad person" isn't helpful. As you say, name-calling doesn't help. However, as you also say, it is important to try to see the reality. Musk is a Nazi.
- shafyy 8mo agoIf you look at what Musk tweets and says, he objectively is a racist and fascist in the very definiton of those terms.