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He pulled an Elon.

Elon Musk also came out as an alt-right troll when he was tipped that an expose about sexual harassment of a flight attendant was coming his way.

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It's a point of no return. They know they'll never be accepted in polite company again, so they go rude.

that's an incredibly concise way to put the phenomenon, thanks for wording it so well.

there should probably be a name for it.

Whether the allegations are true or not, I'm curious: how much of Brands content have you watched?

I think Elon was always what I'd call "silicon valley libertarian" at best. Nothing he's said or done is really all that surprising, if you go back and look at the things he said and did 10 years ago.

Agreed. EVs and solar are generally considered "lefty" (unfortunately), and I can't think of anything he espoused outside of that which could be considered "liberal".

The Twitter Files revealed pretty definitively that government censorship was taking place.

Caring about free speech does not make you alt-right, despite mainstream media’s attempts to paint him as such.

Elon and co’s have done more for progressive causes than basically all other companies combined.

How's that?

Elon Musk has greatly accelerated green energy innovation through EVs, battery technology, and solar. Are these actions appropriately described as "alt-right"?

When people today talk about Elon Musk's political views they mean his sudden right-wing radicalization in 2022 that happened exactly when he was tipped off about sexual harassment allegations coming his way.

Nah, it was caused by his kid turning trans.

Yup it was the ultimate _red pill_. There have been many such cases none ever so public.

Maybe reality is more nuanced than the binary choice you’re asking it to be reduced to.

e.g. Musk’s companies have done great things in the areas of EVs, batteries, and (most of all) space launches.

…and…

Some of his public-facing behaviour (especially on Twitter) is disturbing, and may be described as ‘alt-right’.

(It’s also disturbing that this has to be spelt out; yet here we are.)

Futuristic technology has certainly been right wing for as long as that has been a concept. Looking to history, some of the most incredible technological breakthroughs any of us can think of, came from what is considered the most extremely right wing society to have existed.

Elon Musk is, first and foremost, a government leech and will follow the free money.

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