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Elon Musk is just the latest billionaire to exert tremendous influence over U.S. politics. When he says he supports Neo-Nazis, take him at his word.

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[–] hissingmeerkat@sh.itjust.works 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But not in the ways that matter to them. Fascism was characterized by nationalizing private enterprises to transfer wealth and power from the government to the chosen elite. They want to privatize government enterprises to transfer wealth and power from the government to the chosen elite. Totally different, you see?

[–] HenchmanNumber3@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nazi Germany privatized a lot of government services and industries from the Weimar Republic.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Indeed, because the fucking Nazi bastards needed the industrialists to rebuild the German economy and more importantly, the war machine.