TeslaElon Musk, the leader of SpaceX and X Corp., sparked a backlash online on Wednesday with a series of arguably paranoid tweets.
First, Musk drew attention to and endorsed anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, then directly accused the “Jewish community,” the nonprofit Anti-Defamation League, and minorities of “anti-white” messages and views, without giving examples to support his accusations .
According to statistics, Musk is the richest person in the world, with a net worth of approximately $225 billion. BloombergLeads multiple companies with approximately 150,000 employees worldwide, including SpaceX, Tesla, The Boring Co., Neuralink, X Corp and his latest artificial intelligence startup, xAI.
Musk, who has never limited his social media posts to business matters, drew attention to a tweet that said Jews “have been promoting a dialectical hatred of white people that they claim they want people to stop exploiting.” To deal with them.”
Musk Replied Strong agreement with the tweet: “You’re telling the truth.”
“Without Musk, this exchange would have been unknown. Replied For this paranoid bromide,” Yair Rosenberg in Atlantic Organization.
In response to Musk’s tweet, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “As anti-Semitism explodes in America and rises around the world, use your influence to To test and prove that anti-Semitism is undoubtedly dangerous. To promote anti-Semitic theories. #NeverIsNow”.
Among other things, Jewish-led nonprofits work to combat anti-Semitic incidents, racism and hate crimes in the United States
After Musk began facing backlash for supporting anti-Semitic tweets, he targeted the ADL more specifically.
Without providing any evidence to substantiate these claims, he wrote, “While most Western countries support the Jewish people and Israel, the ADL unfairly attacks most Western countries. This is because they cannot live up to their creed.” criticize minorities.” who is their main threat. This is not right and needs to stop. “
CNBC reached out to Musk and Company Busy now, please check back later. “
In a subsequent tweet, after a follower told Musk he was being unfair or dishonest, the billionaire replied: “You (sic) are right, this does not extend to all Jewish communities but It’s not limited to the ADL either.” He added, “And, at the risk of repeating myself, I have deep sympathy for the ADL’s message and any other group that pushes de facto anti-white racism or anti-Asian racism or any form of racism. Offended. I’m tired of it. Stop it now.”
Musk has a long history of posting inflammatory tweets, and his companies, particularly Tesla, have faced lawsuits over alleged violations of civil and worker rights. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Tesla this year for racist discrimination and harassment of black workers.
Musk has previously threatened to sue ADL, claiming they were trying to “kill” his social networking business. He blamed X’s 60% drop in revenue on the ADL, rather than his own business decisions, and said he had “no choice” but to file a defamation lawsuit against the organization. However, no litigation has taken place yet.
The Anti-Defamation League declined further comment Thursday morning.
Brian Levin, a hate crimes expert and professor emeritus at California State University, San Bernardino, told CNBC that law enforcement is already tracking a generational spike in anti-Semitic hate crimes in North America and elsewhere. He said, “Elon Musk is using immigration to amplify neo-Nazi Jewish hatred of their anti-white people, just as the convicted Tree of Life mass murderer did.” As a result, anti-Semitic incidents and crimes may further surge.
“Notorious anti-Semites are celebrating what they see as Musk’s complete transformation into overt expressions of Jewish hatred. Last October, when we saw a similar rant from Ye, anti-Semitic hate crimes spiked across the country,” Levine said .
Meredith Benton of Whistle Stop Capital told CNBC the move could impact Musk’s business interests.
“Mr. Musk’s amplification of such rhetoric on Twitter demonstrates that he is not interested in turning the platform into a cash-positive business; I expect that many corporate advertisers who decided to stay on Twitter are now looking for the final straw.”
Benton added, “Unfortunately, the current leadership may be the cause, rather than the solution, of the harassment and discrimination problems we see at Tesla factories. Tesla investors (if you don’t include Elon stock , who will be a majority by 2022) have made it clear that they are deeply concerned about allegations of racism and retaliation at Tesla factories and the company’s continued use of cover-up clauses. This will be a very interesting agency season; if C.E.O. The decision became so polarizing.”
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