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    I’m starting to think that doing enough Ketamine to take down a racehorse just before giving a speech to the entire world’s media, was probably not a good idea…

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    It’s not a full on Nazi salute as the words „Heil“, „Heil Hitler“, or „Sieg Heil“ aren’t used. However, it is a full on salute in its tradition. A right wing oligarch holding a victory speech espousing conservative revolution and a glorious future are in the vein of the fascism of old.

    Trumpism doesn’t need to even express itself as fully fascist. The popular support, the support of the tycoons of industry, institutional acquiescence, lack of organized resistance, means he doesn’t need to go full authoritarian.

    The ideological flexibility of Trumpism is enormous. Allegiance to Trump and MAGA is pretty much it. The rest of the ideology is dynamically formed by sycophants looking for Trump‘s favor. The post ironic attitude means immunity to value based criticism.

    Elon Musk is a mix of minister for propaganda and court jester at the same time.

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      I know I won’t change your mind by disagreeing with you regarding the nazi salute. But I want to say that I am very grossed out by all the apologists defending him, even just a little bit.

      Just remember the quote, for evil men to succeed, good men just have to do nothing

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    3 hours ago

    Inventing a time machine that lets you go back and kill hitler before he gets in power is a very common power fantasy.

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    It has been maddening how corporate media has been trying to tell us it was anything but a Nazi salute. I’m reminded of the Star Trek episode Chain of Command Part II, “There are four lights!”

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        6 hours ago

        Lots of sex stuff with kids… some accidental murder and drug binges… the typical conservative stuff they project on others.

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    I searched that exact tweet up and it was posted by three different accounts with the exact same wording.

    Me thinks this is no real.

    OP you got a source? Because if this guy is who he claims he is then all of his work is being called into question and I would be very curious to see what other incorrect takes he’s got.

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        13 hours ago

        The source could still be totally bogus.

        This is why I hate Twitter, especially Twitter screenshots like this without even enough info to easily look up the user.

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        It wasn’t. But idk why I bother even attempting to have the conversation on this site. Y’all are convinced that it was and seemingly no other information can penetrate your thick skulls. At least some have had the decency admit they don’t care about the truth and just want to be angry which is cringe but I respect the honesty.

        Edit: spelling.

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          If that wasn’t a Nazi salute, Hitlers weren’t either.

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              That is how this works. You don’t sieg heil twice in a row on accident.

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                Damn. Right to the top- Furher level. This isn’t any SS bullshit. This is practice makes perfect, I might have paid a trainer to get this good level execution. His momma always said, “If you’re gonna do something awful, be the very best at it dear”

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                …you do when you aren’t doing a Nazi salute and you want to properly address two half’s of a stadium.

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                  Hitler had more people than trumps inauguration so he needed more salutes. Musk optimized it down to 3. What a genious. Truly the henry ford of our time, right down to the details.

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            Did he? I’m not gonna slog through the shit show that is his Twitter feed , but if you got proof I’m happy to see it.

            If he did apologize I suspect he was apologizing for the accidental similarities and not because he’s an actual Nazi.

            Do you really think if someone was stupid enough to pull a real Nazi salute at that event on purpose that he would then turn around and apologize for it?

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          Just checked the modlog; you got a 3 month suspension from 8 communities cause you were mean, i think.

          Looks like your account is new so I’ll explain: normally being mean wouldn’t get you banned but in this case you had the unpopular opinion so you got suspended by an unhappy moderator.

          Welcome to Lemmy.

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            Yeah I don’t really care tbh. At least two of those bans were falsely applied as I did not break the rules they claimed I did, but I don’t care to argue with power tripping mods in the first place. The vegan one I’m not shocked by. That crowd is allergic to facts or any criticism of their way of life.

            I don’t remember the other ones.

            Our of curiosity (because as you pointed out I am new here) how does one see mod logs? I only use the site through my phone and the sync app so I am guessing that’s something you have to use a computer to be able to see?

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              Oh man. Buckle up. The hive mind here is something fierce. Something about the Left eating their young. People get real pissy when you question a common narrative you find here. It’s becoming harder to separate fact from fiction for me. I can’t decide if my bullshit detector is accurate or malfunctioning.

              It feels like there may be a fair amount of propaganda happening. Like back during the early days of the r/thedonald when you could you could watch the Russians clock in and stir up the magats and q’s. Just a different political flavor.

              IDK, I say this as a blue voting redneck and supporter of socialized medicine and queer rights and so on.

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                You sound alright brother. I also lean left, but I ain’t into that super left hivemind bullshit.

                Big fan of socializing medicine and I think all consenting adults can marry and fuck whoever the hell they want.

                I also think everyone has a right to bear arms which they really don’t like.

                I believe in free speech full stop. Used to be a lefty thing and now somehow isn’t. Not a fan of that shift.

                I also hate cancel culture and DEI nonsense. People make mistakes and change. Hire the best person for the job regardless of race, gender and whatever else.

                Most importantly I want the government to fuck off. Leave everyone alone. Help those who need help but stop telling us what to do dammit.

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      Communication is about both what you mean to say and what people hear. We can never be 100% sure what Elon meant to say, but for some reason a lot of people heard something concerning. But maybe it’s just a small number of loud people online.

      But it’s an easy enough thing to test. Just go onto work tomorrow and do the same motion a bunch of times and ask people what they “hear”. If they mostly hear you just being friendly then you’ll know you’re correct. Easy peasy.