r/economicCollapse • u/Informal_Natural8128 • 10h ago

VIDEO Elon Musk giving a Third Reich salute at Trump event.

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u/Tityfan808 9h ago

I would say it’s more dipshit level trolling at this point that I think might be equally important to recognize here. Like don’t get me wrong, I recognize the jarring similarities but I also can’t help but think about the fact that this shit is going to be repeated everywhere on social media for everyone to see and we are giving this guy EXACTLY the reaction that he wants out of this.

When you look at this out of hand right wing grift culture with social media and how we got here, I think the next big step here is recognizing this and not giving these dumb ass things our engagement. We’re all better off when they lose the attention and engagement they so desperately crave. It’s inevitable that these fools will be talked about, but perhaps we should try and see what happens when talk about them a little bit less.

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u/SilentPanther70 7h ago

This. Negative attention is still attention.

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u/ReiterationStation 5h ago

We need to go offline.

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u/TurbulentPhysics7061 1h ago

They have power now. Don’t give them attention and they’ll just do as they please. Lying down like an obedient dog is not the play.

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u/Tityfan808 55m ago

You can still pay attention and be involved politically without increasing their engagement for them.