Musk has posted about an impending civil war on his social media platform X at least eight times in the past 10 months. Some warn it’s dangerous rhetoric.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has repeatedly prophesied a future civil war related to immigration.

Musk has posted about the subject on his social media platform X at least eight times in the past 10 months, according to a review of his posts by NBC News. And his posts usually include a specific prediction: He thinks that Europe in particular is headed toward a “civil war” due to the arrival of refugees from other continents.

Musk’s interest in the subject of a civil war poked into public view earlier this month when he weighed in on anti-immigration street riots happening across Great Britain. “Civil war is inevitable,” he wrote on X.

Musk’s rhetoric is unheard-of for a corporate executive speaking in public, but the prediction of a civil war has become a frequent talking point among some far-right activists who view a civil war in Europe or the U.S. as not only unavoidable but also as something to be welcomed.

“What you’re seeing in these calls for civil war is a white supremacist clarion call. It is a dog whistle,” said Jon Lewis, a research fellow at George Washington University’s Program on Extremism.

  • @thisbenzingring
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    624 days ago

    Together we stand, divided we fall.

    Divide and conquer.

    This is all you need to understand. Anyone that considers civil war in anyway is doing it so they can be part of the divide. The purchasing and changing of Twitter into what it is now is part of that plan. Twitter was a unique and special together that the world shared. Musk’s destroyed that town foyer that was bringing the whole world together.

    • @the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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      224 days ago

      Twitter was a unique and special together that the world shared. Musk’s destroyed that town foyer that was bringing the whole world together.

      Please. Yeah it’s worse now but let’s stop pretending it wasn’t always shit

      • @thisbenzingring
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        -224 days ago

        The world is a shitty place but it was a place where everyone almost had access to instant information and if your timing was right, you can get your voice noticed. No matter your social status.