• dudinax@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      11
      ·
      2 months ago

      Some people wouldn’t know a Nazi if he was sending people to camps without trial, trying to outlaw the political opposition, fomenting a cult of personality, launching coups, oppressing the most vulnerable people, ratcheting up racist attacks, and threatening to attack Denmark.

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      2 months ago

      As a serious answer, Musk is into modern variants of eugenics and some scary techno-authoritarian stuff he shares with Peter Theil and other Silicon Valley royalty.

      Maybe he’s a techno-neonazi? That’s just semantics.

      His alleged Nazi salute is indeed kind of a red herring. But “Nazi” is an reasonable enough descriptor for his beliefs.

      • WetBeardHairs@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        2 months ago

        Note how Jin, the Nazi Defender (not a Nazi themselves, they just defend people who are justifiably called Nazis) won’t respond to your answer.

        One feature from Reddit I liked was the ability to tag people. Or maybe that was the reddit enhancement suite. But Jin would’ve earned himself a big red “Nazi Defender” tag.

        • stopdropandprole@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          edit-2
          2 months ago

          you can also tag people on Lemmy, or at least I can. look for the About User menu then “Add Tag” or “Tag user” from their profile

          • WetBeardHairs@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            2 months ago

            Hmm… I definitely don’t see an About user menu or Add Tag or Tag User on their profile. Maybe it has something to do with your lemmy browser.

        • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          2 months ago

          Nah its much simpler label than that.

          “Troll”

          The topic doesn’t matter, it more about fishing for provocation. In this case I couldn’t help myself, but… you know, don’t feed the trolls.

    • DarkFuture@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      11
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      2 months ago

      If you perform a Nazi salute, you’re a Nazi.

      Musk performed TWO Nazi salutes on national television during a presidential inauguration.

      Musk owns X.

      Anymore questions? Do I need to illustrate with crayons?

        • biofaust@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          2 months ago

          Italian here, Roman actually.

          The Roman salute has not origin in ancient history.

          It was formalized by Gabriele D’Annunzio, a sick fascist poet and writer, as a salute for his proto-fascist troops with which he occupied Fiume in modern-day Croatia, having been inspired this painting.

          So yea, the roman salute is a fascist salute, invented by a fascist, for a fascist occurrence and to call it roman is a disservice to Rome and history in general.

    • Ulrich@feddit.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 months ago

      I think it has lost meaning.

      It has. Completely. Basically what it means today is “people who disagree with me” and should be regarded as such. Unfortunately the actual nazis will fly under the radar now.