Published 22 January 2024 at 20.15
Media. After being accused of anti-Semitism and subjected to advertising boycotts by Jewish organizations, billionaire Elon Musk visited Auschwitz today – wearing a kippah.
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In attendance during Elon Musk's visit to the concentration camp was the Jewish activist Ben Shapiro and other representatives of Jewish groups.
The multi-billionaire – who has been accused of making anti-Semitic remarks – made a similar penitential trip to Israel in late November, where he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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In connection with the visit to Auschwitz, Elon Musk also reasoned that he wished he was Jewish himself.
Elon Musk: "I grew up around a lot of Jewish people, I went to Hebrew preschool — my name is pretty Jewish."
"I went to Israel when I was 13 — most of my friends are Jewish, sometimes I forget 'Am I Jewish?', I'm Jew-ish, aspirationally Jewish." pic.twitter.com/RtJDeyktxk
— Censored Men (@CensoredMen) January 22, 2024
After Musk bought Twitter (which he renamed X), he expanded freedom of speech on the platform. Then Jewish organizations responded by launching an ad boycott against X, which dealt a severe financial blow to the social media platform.
At first, Elon Musk tried to fight back against the groups, accusing them of extortion. When that didn't work, he changed tactics and instead started doing what the organizations told him to do.
Elon Musk and Ben Shapiro is touring Auschwitz in Poland. pic.twitter.com/bAsBvZ5Fuc
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) January 22, 2024
promoted the “hate against whites” that they now do not want directed at themselves. Musk said he made a big mistake and that the whole thing was “one of the dumbest” things he's ever done.
Elon Musk is singled out as anti-Semitic:
Accusing Jews of being behind immigration and hatred of whites.
The post creates an uproar. https://t.co/qJNBUVmTjd
— Fria Tider (@friatider) November 16, 2023
Another billionaire accused of anti-Semitism, the artist Kanye West, has recently been forced to apologize to the Jews in order to save his career and fortune – which were acutely threatened because of his statements.
Singling out Jews as having disproportionate power in American society is extremely controversial in the United States, and an almost guaranteed career killer. Even for the world's richest man, it can be very difficult to recover from such a blunder.
Ben Shapiro labels the notion of world Jewry an anti-Semitic “conspiracy theory” at the European Jewish Association conference.
Elon Musk nods along in agreement.
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