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Hasn’t Musk himself quoted Niemollers famous “first they came for the communists…” speech?

Does he know what it’s about and how it reflects the Nazi’s purges of leftists to make way for fascism

Anyone who calls Hitler a communist has no idea what they’re talking about. Or they are hoping you don’t. Elon is stupid but he’s not that stupid. 

I will have to look but I swear I’ve seen him quote this famous line which itself highlights how leftists were the principle enemy to the Nazis and the first ones jailed and killed.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...

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Can’t find any usage of the quote. Maybe he deleted or maybe I’ve misattributed it to him. Funny enough tons of people have replied it to him (because he’s such a fucking fascist) so he should at least be aware.

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Right. I haven’t read it but I’ve seen a handful of excerpts and quotes and I’ve seen it summarized in a number of debates on this very subject. Plus I aced high school social studies, which, while full of propaganda, somehow still didn’t try to pull that particular blatant lie.

The Nazi's are socialists right? It's in the name. /s

Blackshirts and Reds is a great book about the rise of Fascism, and how totally NOT communist the Nazi's were.