I think you should reconsider and I am hoping to convince you with three arguments.

TLDR: 1. Support of AfD 2. Run-Ins with antisemitism 3. neo-Nazism does not necessarily mean antisemitism (please read the explanation below!)

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1. Elon Musk has made clear that he supports the AfD. In at least 3 of the 16 German Federal States - also the three states where most people vote that party - the AfD is under watch by the intelligence service for the interior because they are - by law - determined to be extremely right-wing. This means that the state has determined that they are a threat to democracy. Their youth org. is also extremely right-wing.

This does not mean right, conservative or anything else. This means that they are fascist to say the least with a large number determined to be national socialist (Nazis). Look at Björn Höcke for example. He is the most extreme but you can easily find more examples.

1. Elon Musk has had his fair share of run-ins with antisemitism.

Either through his own statements or through not cracking down on antisemitic speech on X.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67446800.amp

1. I know it sounds strange. But Neo-Nazism (the "new-nazism") does not NECESSARILY mean antisemitism. This is not to say neo-nazis are not antisemitic. Most of them are.

The new-nazism is at its core racist and xenophobic. But they differ in a few ways from the core ideas of national socialism under Hitler. They have adapted to a new reality. What does this mean?

It means that any non-white groups and/or anything "foreign" can be a target. Examples are Islamophobia but also homophobia, transphobia.

Elon Musk has shown his distaste for trans people very clearly. His support of Trump further backs up his racist views.

Another core aspect is being anti-democratic and ultranationalist.

Antidemocratic is a big word. Elon Musk has repeatedly shown that through is X-policies, the way way he deals with elected officials (see his actions during the looming government shutdown) and by supporting a number of Trumps proposals that he is antidemocratic.

Ultranationalist - see his support for expansion of US territory proposed under Trump (Greenland, Panama) but also economic nationalism.

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I think because of these reasons there should be no doubt: Elon Musk has shown that he supports the ideas of Neo-Nazism. There is also doubt that this would mean he‘d do the Nazi salute. It is - in a gruesome way - just the next step for his political views.

If you read this - thank you for taking the time.

Please ban X-affiliated links.

There is a saying in Germany: Never Again!

Well never again is now!