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[–] 217 points 2 years ago (21 children)

Literally the richest man in the world, who's now got the President of one of the richest countries in the world with the strongest military, in his pocket. Doing a Nazi salute twice on a national stage with very likely no repercussions whatsoever. Not to mention all the other billionaires at the inauguration. This is truly a cursed timeline.

That Doomsday clock must be very close to midnight by now

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  • [–] 92 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    It's an arrestable offence in Australia.

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    [–] 182 points 2 years ago (20 children)

    Weird how the ADL is nowhere to be found when someone does a Nazi salute on a national stage. I guess it's more necessary to dunk on anti-genocide Jews instead.

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  • [–] 112 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    My theory: a test to see how easily their media apparatus can explain this away or ignore it entirely. Effectively shaping reality in realtime.

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  • [–] 62 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    I think they're going to pull a strategy of just doing everything so fast that people won't have time to react properly to anything before the next, worse things comes along. Trump virtually admitting that Musk interfered with voting machines yesterday, Nazi Salute today, 200+ executive orders dropping tomorrow. Sort of like a Gish gallop of Nazism.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Trump virtually admitted that Msjk interfered with voting machines yesterday

    Got a souce for this?

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    He’s quoted as saying that a) musk in some way interfered with voting machines in PA to stuff the ballots and b)that he (ie trump) wouldn’t be president if the election had not been rigged. Cba to find the link because I don’t like watching footage of trump saying words.

    Edit: here’s a Newsweek bit about it https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-elon-musk-voting-machine-2017657

    Not exactly difficult to dig up

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    "Fell for it?" "Fell for it?" They intentionally voted for that.

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  • [+] 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
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    [–] 65 points 2 years ago

    Somebody's upset that he wasn't the center of attention for a few hours.

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  • [–] 60 points 2 years ago* (13 children)

    I don't understand these people at all. If I had 10 million dollars I'd be living the high life in a tropical country banging hookers left and right. Why is someone worth 600 billion so interested in something so boring and shitty as politics? Does he have no actual interests?

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    [–] 49 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (15 children)

    Did he actually or is this just a lucky still of a movement?

    Ah yeah saw the video now, pretty clear.

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  • [–] [S] 105 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    There is video. He did it more than once. Either it's so ingrained his muscle memory that he just moves like a Nazi salute, or he did it with intentionality. Both say he's a Nazi

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago

    Looked to forced and awkward to be muscle memory. Looks more like a 14 y/o boy who knows he’s doing something he shouldn’t but he wants to look cool n badass in front of his friends.

    Source: I knew a few kids who did just that.

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    [–] 47 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I'm calling it. In 2 months he will be proudly wearing a toothbrush mustache. And the headlines will say "Musk is brining back Charlie Chaplin's mustache".

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  • [–] 42 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

    I'm looking at r/Conservative, Gab, and other far-right outlets to see what is happening with the incoming administration, and all I can say is what the actual fuck

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    [–] 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Doesn't surprise me that he is a Nazi. Just surprised that he can pull this off so openly.

    Have we learnt nothing?

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Surely it must be better than Harris still !

    ...right ?

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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Fucking wow... I had been telling myself that it was probably an out of context still, a photo that was a bad look for sure but it couldn't really be THAT bad.

    It really is. It really fucking is that bad. There really is no excusing it, no depth of delusion that can cover it. It really is exactly what we thought it was.

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    [–] 31 points 2 years ago

    This dork wants to be darth vader, and it kills him that it isn't working. Instead of becoming a cooler person and being good to people, which might make him cool, he does what weak people do and does increasingly horrible things.

    It's like he thinks "if you can't be strong, be weak, louder". He needs to go the other way.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Great. They've gone from dog whistles to bullhorns. :|

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