Summary
Germany accused Elon Musk of trying to influence its February 2024 election by endorsing the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) through social media posts and a commentary in Welt am Sonntag.
Musk praised the AfD’s positions on regulation and taxes, calling them Germany’s saviors.
His actions sparked backlash, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz calling it unprecedented interference and SPD leader Saskia Esken vowing to resist influence from wealthy elites.
The Welt editor who published Musk’s piece resigned, while the AfD, polling second, remains shunned by mainstream parties.
For those unaware, the AfD wants one of the most export reliant countries on the planet to just leave the EU. Even among far right parties in the EU, this is exceptionally unpopular. There is probably no other party who would even consider leaving the EU after what happened with the UK. It goes to show how absolutely irrational the German far right are.
Or how stupid you’d have to be to vote for them.
Or filled with hate. Unfortunately, a family member recently joined them. Someone who made his Abitur with grade of 1.0. This is pretty much the best school-graduation possible in Germany. And he has a Master’s degree.
Highly intelligent but hates foreigners because he had a few bad experiences in his youth. That seems to be enough for some. Very very sad.
See the UK and Brexit.
Just like he did in the US election. I hope Germany has better safeguards than we did.
Ban X (Twitter).
I wonder if he’ll throw lotteries there too
No shit
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Go Israeli on him
As recently as 5 years ago I was convinced that at the end of the day this guy does more good than bad for the human race. But he is really, really putting an effort into tipping the scales, isn’t he?
I was certain he was a net negative when he called that diver pedo for mocking his unserious marketing pitch for a rescue submarine. That was the point I realized he was just a pile of cash with an ego.
Slowly feels more and more like Cyberpunk 2077.
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Duh
Boy, I bet that Welt editor felt great paying for airing Elon’s grievances with her job. FAFO, you useful idiot.
