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Elon Musk attacked German support for migrants and promoted a call to support the AfD, a far-right extremist political party (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 2 years ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/europe@feddit.de

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In the post shared by Musk, the account lamented the presence of humanitarian groups in the Mediterranean Sea that rescue migrants from distressed vessels.

"These NGOs are subsidized by the German government," the account posted. "Let's hope AfD wins the elections to stop this European suicide."

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[–] notepass@feddit.de 153 points 2 years ago (17 children)

And he was called out on his own Plattform by the german foreign office for it:

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 93 points 2 years ago (9 children)

The replies are insane, tbh.

It's crazy just how quickly Musk has centralized such an extremely xenophobic and fascist community on Twitter, even compared to before.

And of course they all have that paid checkmark. No wonder he does it so consistently, it makes a fortune. Sigh.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Aren't the checkmarks prioritized to show up in the replies? If so, he effectively systematized astroturfing on twitter.

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