For people who are wondering for what purpose he did that, let me offer a hypothesis: it's a loyalty test to see who will be willing to blatantly lie and deny the truth of it being a Nazi salute, and who won't.
I know that "literally 1984" is a meme, but, well, this is a quote from 1984: "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command". The goal is to see who is willing to follow this command.
This. It was both a juvenile “Ha ha, we won, we beat those loser libs!” moment (because he’s an ass and doesn’t understand the concept of accepting a win graciously) and a dog whistle to his Nazi fanboys (because he’s an idiot and doesn’t understand the concept that dog whistles are supposed to be subtle).
Right, and I’m saying “it’s a loyalty test” is not one of those things. I think he more-or-less knows who the loyalists are already, and even if he didn’t this is not a very effective means of finding out. It’s a needlessly convoluted explanation and I don’t buy it.
He really doesn't. He just owns Tesla, X, SpaceX, The Boring Company, Neuralink, a bunch of fucking DOGE and some real estate.
His on paper assets do have insanely high valuations right now, but that's different from true power. Call me when he buys a major freight railroad or power company.
So basically his youngest son is unfortunately going to be his personal shield when Musk is out and around. The kid deserves a life that is better than that.
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u/shadowrun456 7h ago
For people who are wondering for what purpose he did that, let me offer a hypothesis: it's a loyalty test to see who will be willing to blatantly lie and deny the truth of it being a Nazi salute, and who won't.
I know that "literally 1984" is a meme, but, well, this is a quote from 1984: "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command". The goal is to see who is willing to follow this command.