Fascistic politics in North America are on the rise, to defeat it, we must understand why
After watching the inauguration of Donald Trump, I am eerily reminded of the famous story from the Titanic when the band kept playing as the ship sank.
There is a certain moral responsibility to scream fire when a blaze has emerged, or in the case of the dance band, to keep playing its tune to the end.
There has been serious obfuscation of two overt Roman Salutes (also known as the Nazi Salutes) by Elon Musk. The salute was created in Fascist Italy and was adopted by the German Nazi Party as well. The handwringing about this is unacceptable. At this stage, he has talked like a duck, and now he walks like a duck. It’s become undeniable.
I am not one to thrust the sins of the family upon its children. But condemning those sins is still necessary. The grandfather of Elon Musk was a prominent Canadian fascist and anti-semite who left Canada to live in South Africa as a major supporter of Apartheid.
Musk repeatedly avoids discussing the politics of his grandfather and how it affects his family by calling his history “quirky.” The bar is set quite low, to disavow a family member you disagree with, but there remains a bar to be met. That remains the condemnation of their views.
I retain a similar opinion for Chrystia Freeland. She is by no means a Nazi supporter or an ideological fascist because her grandfather was one, but it remains unacceptable that she has repeatedly failed to publicly disavow his views. But unlike Musk, Freeland isn’t parroting fascist talking points like eugenics or the “great replacement theory.” Musk has even gone so far as to argue the eugenicist position that smart people create smart children.
In stark contrast to Freeland, Musk’s politics very clearly echo that of his grandfather, and is now clearly affiliated with the incoming US administration. (more...)
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