Elon Musk is nothing if not shameless.
He proved that again this weekend, when he published an op-ed in one of Germany’s biggest newspapers, Die Welt, doubling down on his earlier support for the racist, far-right political party Alternative for Germany (AfD).
In the op-ed—reportedly published online Saturday and in print Sunday—Musk writes that the AfD is “the last spark of hope for this country” and, essentially, that his vast wealth makes his politics a matter of public interest.
“As someone who has made significant investments in Germany’s industrial and technological landscape, I believe I have the right to speak openly about its political orientation,” Musk writes, according to a Google translation of the text. As the country approaches a snap election on February 23, following the November collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government, AfD is polling second, at 19 percent, behind the center-right Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
Musk outlines five areas in which he claims AfD reigns supreme:
“Economic revival” — Musk praises the party’s focus on de-regulation, writing, “Its approach of reducing government over-regulation, cutting taxes, and deregulating the market reflects the principles that made Tesla and SpaceX successful.”
“Immigration and national identity” — Here Musk calls for “the preservation of German culture and security” in the face of globalization and immigration.
“Energy and independence” — Musk lambastes the current German government’s decision to “phase out nuclear power and instead rely heavily on coal and imported gas, as well as volatile wind and solar power.”
“Political realism” — Musk lauds the party for eschewing “the political correctness that often obscures the truth” (sound familiar?) and argues that the AfD can’t possibly be far-right because its leader, Alice Weidel, “has a same-sex partner from Sri Lanka! Does that sound like Hitler to you? Come on!” (Yes, he actually wrote this.)
“Innovation and the future” — Musk claims AfD “advocates for educational reforms that encourage critical thinking instead of indoctrination and supports the technology industries that represent the future of global economic leadership.”
A more pathetic henry ford
Germans when their sovereign interferes in elections
Germans when they interfere in elections in some eastern european vassal
shit truly rolls downhill huh
“Political realism” — Musk lauds the party for eschewing “the political correctness that often obscures the truth” (sound familiar?) and argues that the AfD can’t possibly be far-right because its leader, Alice Weidel, “has a same-sex partner from Sri Lanka! Does that sound like Hitler to you? Come on!” (Yes, he actually wrote this.)
Yes and that Sri Lankan woman will be shot along with Alice when they go full blown fascist, for being gay race traitors.
It's kind of impressive how he manages to pick the most repulsive, stupid, unkind, unprofitable decision in every scenario. Like a bad decision maximizer
It's a pretty big indictment of the system that an egregiously stupid asshole like him was catapulted to the highest echelons of power and wealth.
Probably not since hereditary monarchies has such a degree of failson been possible.
colonizer rat who wants to hire immigrants for cheap labor but also supports anti-immigration parties and rhetoric because he's a racist apartheid bitch
| “Its approach of reducing government over-regulation, cutting taxes, and deregulating the market reflects the principles that made Tesla and SpaceX successful.”
50% or Tesla's profit and 100% of SpaceX's revenue come from the U.S. government, but tell me more these principles of success.
“Energy and independence” — Musk lambastes the current German government’s decision to “phase out nuclear power and instead rely heavily on coal and imported gas, as well as volatile wind and solar power.”
So forcing your investors to buy your brothers failing solar company (that was also primarily subsidized by the U.S. government) was a great purchase then?
One of the dark reasons I want the tech bubble to burst is just to silence all these all these insufferable nerds that think they can just wave the Science Wand at material problems and make them go away. It's fucking gross how far they have skated on the thin ice of tech and I will be fucking gloating when that ice cracks and they sink.
