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Can someone, who believes this is a Nazi salute, explain to me what his motivation would be? I see what I see but I can't see it as a nazi thing unless he was intentionally sabotaging or trolling but it doesn't make sense contextually, unless I need to watch the whole damn thing to get it.
Musk has been Nazi friendly for years now. Including some pretty antisemitic shit he's boosted.
Then there were the swastikas in the SpaceX and Tesla breakrooms.
Add to that, the fact the Musk is a dumbass who only thinks he's smart... And yeah. He thought he could get away with it.
I had not heard of this.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/us-agency-sues-tesla-as-black-workers-report-swastikas-threats-and-nooses/
He has gotten away with it, and will get away with it. What, you think investors will choose principals over money?
The purpose of doing a Nazi salute so publicly, in the context of "saving civilization," does the purpose of a dog whistle but with the subtlety of an air horn. It's to send out acknowledgment to Nazis, a gesture of solidarity, that he's on their side and wants their support/approval. You would think this would be sabotaging the system if Naziism was in fact against their ideals and was bad optics. Nowadays the only excuse they need to be a Nazi is to "trigger the libs" so you'd be safe to say that nothing will come of this, people will shake their heads and wag their fingers but will still do business with him because money. So he's cashing in, he knows probably better than anyone that the Nazis have, in fact, successfully taken over the American government. Well done, Americans.
The whole damn thing is like a 4 minute speech. Might be quicker to just watch the whole damn thing here: https://youtu.be/cjr0tAafxxE
My point is that there isn't enough context or there is nothing in context that can explain it. Thanks for posting though for anyone who needs to see that.
I think this is Elon trolling and pushing the boundaries of what can be done. It‘s being edgy and provocative, while obfuscating his true intentions.
Elon used a fascist salute twice in public on stage to thunderous applause. Now he gets the support of the actual fascist right. However all he mainstream republicans in the audience who cheered now have to defend him as well. This will have no consequences for Elon. It was pure demonstration of his power to do whatever he pleases, both to his side and to the opposition. This also gives Elon attention and amuses him.
Elon might call this salute the heart (of America) salute and repeat it in the future. Any other rightwinger who loves trolling the libs now has a role model. Salute from the heart, such a harmless gesture, and it gets the normies all upset. Do it as a laugh first and then for real over time.