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To his further credit, Musk describes himself as a "[[free speech]] absolutist,"<ref>https://nationalpost.com/news/free-speech-absolutist-musk-says-he-would-reverse-twitter-ban-on-donald-trump</ref> and Musk ended [[Twitter]]'s ban on [[Donald Trump]], despite not yet personally endorsing Trump.
To his further credit, Musk describes himself as a "[[free speech]] absolutist,"<ref>https://nationalpost.com/news/free-speech-absolutist-musk-says-he-would-reverse-twitter-ban-on-donald-trump</ref> and Musk ended [[Twitter]]'s ban on [[Donald Trump]], despite not yet personally endorsing Trump.
==Political leanings==
==Political leanings==
On June 15, 2022, Elon Musk announced that he voted for Mayra Flores in Texas, and that was the first time he voted for a Republican candidate. He also said that he supports Red Wave in November,<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/media/elon-musks-first-gop-vote-triggers-dem-congressman-musk-supports-white-supremacy</ref> and he is leaning toward [[Ron DeSantis]] in 2024 presidential elections.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/06/15/elon-musk-says-leaning-towards-ron-desantis-2024/</ref>
On June 15, 2022, Elon Musk announced that he voted for Mayra Flores in Texas, and that was the first time he voted for a Republican candidate. He also said that he supports Red Wave in November,<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/media/elon-musks-first-gop-vote-triggers-dem-congressman-musk-supports-white-supremacy</ref> and he is leaning toward [[Ron DeSantis]] in 2024 presidential elections.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/06/15/elon-musk-says-leaning-towards-ron-desantis-2024/</ref>
===Free markets===
On April 2024, Elon Musk and [[Argentina]]'s [[Javier Milei]] met In Texas, and discussed boosting [[free market]]s.<ref>[https://www.oann.com/newsroom/elon-musk-and-javier-milei-meet-in-texas-speak-about-boost-of-free-markets/ Elon Musk And Javier Milei Meet In Texas, Speak About Boost Of Free Markets]. ''One America News'' | April 13, 2024 </ref>
===Depopulation crisis===
“One of the biggest risks to civilization is the low birth rate and rapidly declining birthrate.” - Elon Musk<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/14/demographic-winter-the-plague-of-the-century/ Demographic winter: The plague of the century], Washington Times, 2021</ref>
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WX_mgnAFA0 ELON MUSK: "Birthrate might be the biggest threat to the future of human civilization"] - video
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U2kR6TOQcY Elon Musk Talks About De-Population] - video
*[[CBO]]: [https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61164# US population falls, deaths to exceed births.]
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[[File:Elon Musk Demographic Crisis is real.jpg|thumbnail|350px|center|“One of the biggest risks to civilization is the low birth rate and rapidly declining birthrate.” - Elon Musk<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/14/demographic-winter-the-plague-of-the-century/ Demographic winter: The plague of the century], Washington Times, 2021</ref>]]
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===Corporate cronyism and the Ukraine war===
{{See also|NATO war in Ukraine}}
Musk companies are thriving due to [[corporate cronyism|government subsidies]]. Tesla Motors and SolarCity have taken a huge financial hit in 2016. Both these companies are based on the green energy movement and are being punished by the markets due to extremely low oil prices. Musk lost a personal fortune upwards of $4 billion. In 2017, Tesla Motors would acquire all of SolarCity stocks. The highly anticipated [[Tesla Model 3]] starts shipping at the end of July. The stock valuation of Tesla, which may be due to its software development, far exceeds that of [[GM]], Ford, and Chrysler.
Despite how Musk quickly donated communications equipment worth many millions of dollars to [[Ukraine]]'s regime, [[Zelenskyy]] turned sharply against Musk when in October 2022 he proposed terms for peace in the [[Russia-Ukraine war]].<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11276531/Elon-Musk-gets-Twitter-spat-Ukrainian-President-Zelensky-war-Russia.html</ref> Musk ended up continuing to provide his Starlink service longer than he wanted to, at an estimated cost to Musk of $400 million over the next 12 months:<ref>https://www.engadget.com/elon-musk-spacex-keep-funding-ukraine-starlink-satellite-internet-075616416.html</ref>
{{cquote|The [[hell]] with it … even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we’ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free.<ref>https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1581345747777179651</ref>}}
The ''Washington Post reported Musk saying,
{{quotebox-float|"Ukraine is now going too far and inviting strategic defeat...Trying to retake [[Crimea]] will cause massive death, probably fail and risk [[nuclear war]]...This would be terrible for Ukraine and [[Earth]]...How am I in this [[war]]?...Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars...It was so people can watch [[Netflix]] and chill and get online for [[school]] and do good peaceful things, not drone strikes”.<ref>https://archive.ph/YZ0Rz</ref>}}
Musk tweeted in agreement as "accurate" a posting on X by David Sachs stating, "The longer this goes on, the better Russia will do...Citizens of [[Western civilization|Western countries]] are being told that Ukraine is winning when in fact it is losing...We are told that there is no opportunity to make [[peace]] when in fact we have rejected multiple opportunities for a negotiated settlement...When the [[war]] is finally lost, when the whole country lays in smoldering ruins on a funeral pyre of their own making, the liars will say: 'Well we tried”.<ref>https://alethonews.com/2024/02/18/musk-agrees-ukraine-conflict-is-war-of-lies/</ref>
==Purchase of Twitter==
==Purchase of Twitter==
In December 2022, Musk announced that one of his companies, Neuralink, will be ready to implant microchips for people with disabilities to eyes and spine into human brains within six months.[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/12/01/elon-musk-claims-neuralink-will-be-ready-to-implant-computer-chips-in-human-brains-within-6-months/]
In December 2022, Musk announced that one of his companies, Neuralink, will be ready to implant microchips for people with disabilities to eyes and spine into human brains within six months.[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/12/01/elon-musk-claims-neuralink-will-be-ready-to-implant-computer-chips-in-human-brains-within-6-months/]
==2024 Auschwitz visit==
==2024 Auschwitz visit==
Mr. Musk, the owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, stirred outrage — and an exodus of advertisers — in November when he endorsed an antisemitic post on X as “the actual truth.” The post accused Jewish communities of pushing “hatred against whites” and supporting the immigration of “hordes of minorities.”</small></blockquote></ref>
Mr. Musk, the owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, stirred outrage — and an exodus of advertisers — in November when he endorsed an antisemitic post on X as “the actual truth.” The post accused Jewish communities of pushing “hatred against whites” and supporting the immigration of “hordes of minorities.”</small></blockquote></ref>
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