WTF Is Wrong With the People Still Defending Elon Musk?

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The world’s richest man called a notorious antisemitic conspiracy theory that inspired mass murder “the actual truth.” (Yes, he really did that.)

Published Nov. 16 2023 2:11PM EST

An illustration including a photo of Elon Musk — Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero / The Daily Beast / Getty

Comparing demagogic figures to Adolf Hitler, or to the Nazis more generally, has been an internet cliché for almost 30 years. So frequently have Nazi analogies been misused that invoking Godwin’s

Sam Hoadley-Brill

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WTF Is Wrong With the People Still Defending Elon Musk?

The world’s richest man called a notorious antisemitic conspiracy theory that inspired mass murder “the actual truth.” (Yes, he really did that.)

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Sam Hoadley-Brill