Elon Musk has been backing neo-nazi parties and far-right causes around the world, interfering in elections, and using his massive platform to spread hate, misinformation, galvanize his followers, and target and attack anyone who doesn’t agree. He spent $277 million to get Trump reelected. There is no denying what he is. We are so far past the time where people can be wishy washy about fascism.
Musk has been vocally supporting the far-right AfD (Alternative for Germany) in the upcoming German election. AfD has deep ties to the neo-nazi movement. In 2023, AfD members attended a secret meeting that included neo-Nazis where they talked about a mass deportation plan for “non-assimilated” Germans. Founder and former leader, Alexander Gauland, has said that Germany should "be proud of" its soldiers in the world wars and that people should no longer "reproach" Germans for World War II. Recently, Musk made a surprise video appearance at the campaign launch for AfD, parroting Gaulands rhetoric, where he said that people should take pride in Germany and being German, adding that they need to move past guilt from past atrocities of Germany’s nazi era. Musk has also written an op-ed in support of the AfD that was published in a newspaper and tweeted that “only the AfD can save Germany.”
Musk is also a vocal supporter of Tommy Robinson, former member of the fascist British National Party. Robinson is the founder of the far-right English Defense League and he has a history of violence. Robinson is still in jail for spreading completely false claims about a 15yo Syrian refugee who was violently attacked at school. Robinson continued to repeat these claims he knew were false, and Musk has backed him up multiple times on social media. Musk got so upset by Robinson being jailed he posted a poll asking if America should “liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government.”
Musk has also recently come to the defense of Andrew McIntyre, a British neo-nazi who was a key player in the racist pogroms in the UK last summer. You know, the ones where nazis were literally hunting down people of color? McIntyre shared a photo of a map where he circled a mosque, he organized the date and time for this attack and shared the post with a caption that said “time for war.” McIntyre encouraged his followers to bring Molotovs, and later stated “the mosques must burn” in a post on telelgram. He shared a video of the Christchurch mosque attack that resulted in 51 Muslims being murdered, captioned with “white legend.” One day before he was arrested, he called for the killing of Jewish, Black, and Muslim people.
Musk has cozied up with Austrian far right activist Martin Sellner. Sellner is the leader of the Identitarian Movement of Austria. IMA is a far right white supremacist group. In the past, Sellners group received a donation over €1,000 from the Christchurch shooter, and the shooter and Sellner were getting friendly in email correspondence shortly before the Christchurch attack, where Sellner invited the shooter to visit him in Austria.
Musk has co-signed conspiracies on social media, claiming that American democrats import “illegals” to turn them gay because queer people “overwhelmingly vote for dems.”
Musk has escalated discourse and lies about migrants and the border in the US. In February of 2024 when the American far right was posturing like they were ready to start a war at the border, Musk played a massive role in spreading misinformation, stroking fear, and even mobilizing people.
Musk has promoted Michael Benz, a former Trump State Dept official and white nationalist influencer who goes by "Frame Game." Benz has been in interviews spewing antisemitism and talking about “white genocide.”
Shortly after the news came out that Trump had pardoned J6’ers, Musk immediately took to social media to post that there were now empty beds for antifascists. He’s also constantly engaging with the American far right and neo-nazis.
Him and far right grifter Andy Ngo, who has harmed countless people and influenced at least one mass shooting and other violence, regularly talk back and forth on social media. Musk boosts Ngo’s insane lies, and Ngo frequently gives Musk names of antifascists to target, in turn exposing all the victims to even more violence and harassment by both Musk and Ngo’s other followers- which is by design.
There are so many examples. People need to stop making excuses for fascists.
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