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byJava Pimp ( 98454 ) writes:
We also tend not to put people exhibiting these behaviors in decision-making positions.
Except when we put one of them in charge of our country... Twice....
byAnonymous Coward writes:
Vox Populi, Vox Dei. And that explains why I don't believe in God anymore.
I still believe in democracy, although sometimes it leads to unpleasant outcomes.
byTablizer ( 95088 ) writes:
Maybe every 80 years or so we collectively have to see the carnage of a demagogue first hand to truly understand that surviving requires accepting nuance rather than a big gimmicky mallet.
bygweihir ( 88907 ) writes:
Sad as it is, it does look like it. Most people have trouble learning from personal experience. That they are incapable of learning from history doe not come as much of a surprise. And little Elon proudly displaying his skill at the Nazi-Salute really says it all.
byTyr07 ( 8900565 ) writes:
I mean you're saying a lot to twist it that way. You're trying to say the rich guy who makes electric cars actually wants people to get put into interment camps, horribly and brutally murdered and tortured for years doing unspeakable horrors to people. You're comparing him to that. Can you actually see him and any evidence of his activities point to that?
Horrible people are the ones who immediately compare someone who hasn't killed anyone to one of the worst killers in the recent history because they didn't
bydatabasecowgirl ( 5241735 ) writes:
Maybe not. Musk is is more an ideas man who says the occasional sadistic thing for a laugh, but often is where things start. Not that this would necessarily make him a fascist. Just lowbrow dull.
The Doctor Strangelove salute that seems to have affected control of his arm is concerning. That and his allegiance to a man Goodwin himself says is legitimate to compare to Hitler are a couple of red flags. Along with his, erm, fascination with the AfD and Tommy Robinson. It does strengthen the case.
Although, personally, I would suggest a more historically accurate comparison would be Henry Ford whom many scholars posit was the ghost writer for a significant portion of Mein Kampf and definitely appeared dedicated to the Nazi cause in doing business with them throughout the war, but that was only for the money I imagine.
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bydatabasecowgirl ( 5241735 ) writes:
But don't take my word for it. Here's an interview published in the Times of London with a respected historian in charge of the Buchenwald memorial.
âoeOne can only say to him, âTake a history book and withdraw for three days, read the history book and please be quiet with the poison heâ(TM)s spreadingâ(TM),â said the historian Jens-Christian Wagner, who runs Buchenwald near Weimar, the largest camp memorial on German soil.
âoeI think Musk is a mixture of mad and right-wing
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