Elon Musk's gesture at a public event, interpreted as a Nazi salute, has sparked significant outrage across Europe. Critics, including prominent figures like Michel Friedman and Charlotte Knobloch, have condemned the act and raised alarms about Musk's involvement in German politics, particularly his endorsement of far-right parties. Friedman emphasized the gesture's dangerous implications for societal taboos, while Knobloch pointed to Musk's political maneuvers as more concerning than the salute itself. The reactions reflect broader worries about rising extremism and the implications of influential figures engaging in such gestures.
I thought to myself, the breaking of taboos is reaching a point that is dangerous for the entire free world. The brutalisation, the dehumanisation, Auschwitz, all of that is Hitler.
Musk's recent attempts to meddle in German politics are far more worrying, as his political positions and support for a party with anti-democratic aims should be under no illusions.
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