In a conversation with AfD leader Alice Weidel on X, Musk concurred with her assertion that Adolf Hitler was a communist and pushed disinformation about migrants coming into the US.
      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        I gotta think of the ridiculous Simpsons clip with McBain where he said: “COMMI NAZIS” And it was funny because of how ridiculous it is to have a communist Nazi

  • Stern@lemmy.worldEnglish
    99·
    6 months ago

    Communists were literally one of the first groups targeted for arrest when Hitler came to power in 1933. Like 10 seconds on google.

  • Pregnenolone@lemmy.worldEnglish
    76·
    6 months ago

    The Axis alliance between Italy Germany and Japan was literally formed as an anti-communist alliance.

      • skulblaka@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        9·
        6 months ago

        To be fair his dad’s opinion isn’t one that I respect.

        But yes. The man has more money than God and basically his entire family has completely disowned him, with the exception of the baby he carries around as body armor because he isn’t old enough to know what that is yet.

        For anyone else in the world I would hope that would be something of a wake up call.

  • ILikeTraaaains@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    6 months ago

    If Hitler is communist then the Nazi party is communist.

    If the nazi party is communist then nazis and supporter of the nazi ideology are communists.

    The far right is comprised majorly of nazis and supporters of nazi ideology, then the far right is communist.

    The far right has Trump as a leader and have an ideology similar to their supporters, then… Trump is communist.

    America, you know what to do with those commies.

  • Random_Character_A@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    6 months ago

    Oh yes. In the early 1900s Nazis waged openly violent political gang war against the communists out of love and similar views.

    • lehenry@lemmy.worldEnglish
      43·
      6 months ago

      I know this sarcastic, but conflict between various communist parties with slightly different views have been quite common in history

      • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlEnglish
        7·
        6 months ago

        Pretty big difference though, the Nazis specifically targeted “Judeo-bolshevism” and were formed specifically to combat rising Communist sympathies and organization.

        Conflicts between Communist orgs usually arose from incompatible differences in principle, such as whether or not to support such and such Socialist org, and usually the fighting isn’t based on extermination like it was in Nazi Germany with the Night of Long Knives.

  • alexc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    171·
    6 months ago

    The problem isn’t the Elon and co say this. It’s the middle ground people who, for the most part, are reasonable but have little education about politics, and don’t want to participate beyond soundbites.

    In this case, the phrase works on two levels.

    Most of these people would admit Hitler was bad. So, this reaffirms the statement Communism is bad. Even if they don’t know what Communism is.

    For others, Communism is bad. This allows them to hear “We’re not like Hitler” about Elon and Co. They have no idea how bad Elon and Co may be, but at least their not commie pinkos.

    The real genius of capitalists has been to persuade the electorate that there are no viable alternatives to capitalism.

    • Glytch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      BuT tHe PaRtY hAs SoShUlLiSt iN iTs NaMe So It MuSt Be TrUe A nAzI wOuLdN’t LiE

      • guldukat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        Americans: “Hitler wasn’t all bad. Sure, he killed some people but not as many as people say. He helped save the economy and even loved animals and children”