Elon Musk agreed with an X post stating Hitler was hated because he "murdered millions of people," just days after he shared a post that said public sector workers, not Hitler, were responsible for murdering millions of people.
On Friday, Musk shared a post that claimed, "Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn't murder millions of people. Their public sector workers did." The statement was widely criticized as historical revisionism, with many accusing Musk of minimizing the personal responsibility of authoritarian leaders for their regimes' atrocities.
By Monday, Musk responded to a Twitter user condemning people for forgetting why Hitler was a villain. "We didn't hate Hitler because he made a stiff arm salute, we hated him because he murdered millions of people and tried to eradicate an entire race." Musk replied: "Exactly."
While contradictory to Musk's indictment of public sector workers, the comment echoed Musk's own previous comments. During a recent appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan mentioned allegations of Nazism that have intensified since Musk performed what many considered a "Heil Hitler" salute during President Donald Trump's inauguration.
"What is actually bad about Nazis — it wasn't their fashion or their mannerisms, it was the war and genocide," Musk stated in his defense.
However, critics have taken issue with Musk's actions in the Trump administration, support of the far-right AfD party in Germany, and posts seemingly absolving Hitler of genocide—in addition to the ill-fated hand gesture.
Musk, who has repeatedly railed against "woke" ideology and government bureaucracy, has framed backlash as a coordinated attack against him. "I am a deadly threat to the woke mind parasite and the humans it controls," he tweeted.
My companies make great products that people love and I've never physically hurt anyone.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 17, 2025
So why the hate and violence against me?
Because I am a deadly threat to the woke mind parasite and the humans it controls. https://t.co/qYjoKkpC63
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