Well, when you frame it like that it sounds absurd. But yes.

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• PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I would make sure to include that Elon Musk is an immigrant from Africa but otherwise, thats pretty much it

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  • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    His family is so racist they left Canada for apartheid South Africa after a failed fascist plot, no less. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree.

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  • db2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Illegal immigrant.

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    • frog@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The illegal immigrant that took billions of dollars of our tax dollars and destroyed thousands of American jobs.

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    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Admittedly an illegal immigrant.

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• ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Personally I don’t think Musk knew about or controls these accounts. If he did he would never have allowed the location update to go through. These accounts are likely owned by various billionaires and Putin (a trillionaire).

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  • KaChilde@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I have been wondering where the “Elon paid these accounts” has come from. It does not seem to be reported on anywhere from a cursory search, but it’s being attached to this story like gospel. As if the actual story isn’t horrifying enough.

    It really makes it evident that people are vulnerable to manipulation by social media regardless of their political standing.

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    • hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s not that he paid them directly, but Twitter has a monetization feature for blue-check accounts where you can effectively get paid for engagement farming.

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    • Paddzr@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      People’s ass. Like this is something Musk would pay for. Musk, famous for not paying people…

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  • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It does raise the question of who is financing these accounts. Is it one of those skeevy conservative thinktanks that writes policies for politicians to rubber stamp? Is it the Republican party itself? Is it financed by the actual governments of the countries these accounts appear to be from as a way to try to encourage policy that benefits them?

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• Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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• Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In case you want the actual link:

  bsky.app/profile/…/3m6d2ed7lbc2d

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• SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  All they needed was the word “that” after “afraid”. Now I have read this 10 times and it still doesn’t read correctly to me without inserting said word.

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  • SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Probably just a side effect of how convoluted the statement is, despite how it describes the reality of that situation fairly accurately.

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• lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nope, not Elon

  It’s literally Russian hybrid warfare. Elmo is just enabling it.

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  • staph@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Weeeelll he might be just enabling it but I’m leaning towards him actively waging it.

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    • lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      He’s not that smart or political

      On the other hand it’s quite literally straight from Russias strategy book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_generation_warfare?wpro…

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• shittydwarf@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I believe he was an active participant

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• percent@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  He pays them?

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