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'Devoid of humanity': Musk’s call to pardon George Floyd’s killer ignites fierce backlash (www.rawstory.com)

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Tech billionaire and close adviser to President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, is lending his voice to encourage the pardon of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd in May 2020.

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[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I genuinely dont think he cares about that. Well, maybe he does, but that’s ancillary. I think he wants the civil unrest. It’s an amazing smoke shield so that he can get away with all sort of nonsense. If the news cycle is clogged with articles about this and retaliatory protests that’s less eyes on him gutting systems and enriching himself

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 36 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Civil unrest also gives them a reason to send in the national guard, declare martial law, yada yada.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did I just "yada yada" fascism? Yes I did.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

2025 mood

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

He's hoping for Kent State 2.0 times 100. The needless deaths of innocent people is the only thing that gets him hard.

[–] Enkrod 3 points 1 month ago

They need a Reichstag Fire event to suspend civil liberties. And they hope BLM will give it to them.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Musk is a racist shithead, it really isn't more complicated than that.

Fuck this assumption that there is some 4d chess going on. Musk isn't that smart.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You don't need to be smart to know that pardoning the criminal who created national civil unrest a few years ago, will create national civil unrest now.

Even Trump is able to put 2 and 2 together.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Musk was 19 when apartheid in South Africa ended.

As in, lily white Musk lived for 19 years as an heir to a blood emerald mine in apartheid South Africa.

There is simply no way he isn't racist. I would believe Trump isn't racist before believing Elon isn't.

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

I phrased it poorly by saying I genuinely don’t think he cares about that. I agree with you. what I mean is I don’t think that’s his primary goal. I think it’s a nice bonus that he also gets to absolve a fellow racist