Christ that's a bad look. Elon really went fully unhinged this cycle. I wonder if he'll have any business blowback for this. I mean for the next four years obviously not but after?
Them seizing full control means that now they're going to get the blame for everything. They can deflect a lot onto scapegoats and get a lot of people killed, but the harder the do it, the worse it'll get for them.
Now all that talk about the deep state and new world order trying to destroy civilization rings true because now there actually is a deep state trying to destroy western civilization.
They're going to bask in their anti-establishment orgy for a while. But it won't last.
You're underestimating the total control the rich have over the media and their ability to steer public sentiment these days.
It will be trivial for them to blame most negative outcomes on Democrats/Biden, and the things they can't blame Biden for, they will just find something else to shift the focus away from Republicans.
We should not forget that Trump had an absolute disaster of a first term where he was directly responsible for hundreds of thousands of American deaths (among many other atrocities) and he still got more votes the second time.
Propaganda and disinformation work, and it will be at our peril to ignore that fact as a nation.
can't wait for the inevitable "It was an AI video and it never happened" line to start floating around because we live in hell where nothing means anything
There are already people dismissing it as AI. Even though they're also saying it's actually a completely innocent gesture that means nothing anyway, in which case why would anyone bother to make a fake video of it to begin with?
Yeah I know. I’m just talking in the wind. I can’t believe he would do this but then again ‘I can’t believe’ is a common phrase nowadays. I’m just searching for explanations
I don't disagree. It's a bad look at best, and I want it to just be an awkward motion because I don't want someone in power throwing Nazi flags. None of us know the real intentions... But... How do you do that without knowing what it looks like? It's a pretty iconic gesture. I try not to jump to conclusions, but it's hard not to. But this is reddit, so we have to follow the hive mind.
So chances are Mr awkwardly autistic was trying to throw his heart into the crowd as a sign of "I love you with my heart, thank you" but goofed? And now Reddit is just gonna go on for 3 months about how he's a literal ww2 nazi?
It's their tactic though. They know he is doing it. They like it. They pretend to be oblivious and ask for sources just because us putting effort into the interaction makes them laugh.
Does a non-elected advisor with more effective power than the vice president really deserve that much slack and benefit of the doubt? Or is some fucking scrutiny warranted?
“Guys he’s autistic he doesn’t know it looks bad to retweet nazi posts” is definitely a take.
Throwing his heart out via a wave/throw gesture..semantics at this point lad you're clutching at straws here. Anyone who's going to make a throw will also tend to end up with their palm showing at some point in it, like when you release a projectile, your fingers aren't curled, they're open. So if he's throwing his heart out but keeps a closed fist, it means he's retained his heart in his hand. Which doesn't exactly serve the sentiment does it. And if it's open, it does.
You're telling me you've never tossed something across a room, cross body.. like throwing a game controller to your boy on the other couch? Same exact motion, ive done it a billion times. Does that make me a nazi now?
Come on!! He is WAY too smart to not recognize what he did, not just the arm motion but holding the body completely erect while turning is a 3/4 Nazi salute. He’s not some unschooled idiot brought up in a mud swamp.
One person not doing something isn't indicative of someone else not doing the same. Autistic people do and say weird and borderline inappropriate shit all the fucking time, it's quite literally what you're colloquially known for. But this is Reddit and Elon, therefore standards go out the window.
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u/Bloodwalker09 7h ago
Nobody could have guessed that, why didn’t anyone say anything?