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Is Elon a Republican or Conservative? I've seen variations of this regarding balancing ownership and improving free speech, but aside from a few cryptic tweets about cancel culture, has Elon ever said anything? In interviews (especially the famous Rogan interview) he seems pretty disinterested in politics.

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Anyone who isn't an outspoken liberal is a conservative. Welcome to American politics.

In America, progressives/leftists actually lump in “liberals” as “conservative” now since traditionally “liberal” means support of typical Enlightenment values, democracy, and free market capitalism. But I’ve noticed that people who vote Republican refer to progressives/leftists as “liberals”, so it’s all very confusing.

I think he's even claimed to be some variant of anarchist. Not that I take that specifically to heart. I just think he's politically eccentric.

Though to the "conservative" or maybe libertarian angle don't forget the "coronavirus panic is dumb" tweet.

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