Tycoon tells 4,500 people at campaign event in Halle to be proud of German culture in speech via video link

Elon Musk made a surprise appearance during Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) election campaign event in Halle in eastern Germany on Saturday, speaking publicly in support of the far-right party for the second time in as many weeks.

"It’s good to be proud of German culture, German values, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything,” Musk said.

Note that Musk’s citizenship include South Africa, Canada (from 1989) and United States (from 2002)

  • trollercoasterEnglish
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    2 days ago

    A very big one. They are polling above 20% currently, and instead of countering them, the established parties are trying to fish for votes by copying their talking points. As one AfD politician already publically stated, they don’t need to hold any office in order to shape policy.

    The “conservative” CDU is already openly considering cooperating with them, after the election, they certainly will enter a coalition with them if that’s the path to office.

    The whole state of affairs in Germany is horrifyingly reminiscent of the situation in the late stages of the Weimar Republic.

      • trollercoasterEnglish
        3·
        18 hours ago

        The thing is that there isn’t even any noteworthy far left party left in the German political spectrum. Everything has shifted so far towards the right in the rat race of competing with the Nazis for Nazi voters, that even the self proclaimed “Left” party (“die Linke”, not the SPD, those haven’t been remotely left since Schröder’s chancellorship) is at best mildly social democrat these days.