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The Dark Truth Behind Musk’s Electric Dreams
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The Dark Truth Behind Musk’s Electric Dreams

Elon Musk isn’t a misunderstood genius. He’s a power-drunk provocateur funding extremism. Buying a Tesla isn’t progress; it’s complicity. Don’t fuel his dystopian empire.

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Mar 20, 2025
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There was a time when Elon Musk was hailed as a visionary, a man who could propel us into the future with his technological prowess and defiance of convention. Tesla, his crown jewel, was more than just a car, it was a revolution on wheels. But revolutions can turn sour, and the cult of Musk has spiralled into something far more insidious than the glossy veneer of electric innovation ever suggested.

Prama, a Tesla owner for six years, used to see Musk as a kind of real-life Iron Man, a force for progress. Now, she urges people not to buy a Tesla. Not because of mechanical faults or poor service, though those exist, but because Musk himself has become a walking red flag. His descent into the abyss of far-right extremism, his unapologetic dog-whistling to hate groups, and that infamous Nazi salute1 that left no room for ambiguity, these are not the actions of a misunderstood genius. They are the hallmarks of a man who has shed any pretence of decency in his pursuit of power.

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