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Enough Musk Spam

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Billionaire Elon Musk is coming under fire from some right-wingers online over comments he made in support of H-1B visas, non-immigrant visas that allow employers to hire highly skilled foreign workers.

“We don’t want or need to turn this country into India,” reads one viral response to Musk’s post.

“America is not your sports team. It’s my home,” countered someone else.

“I used to have some faith in Elon, but after this post I’m done. The mask is off,” slammed one right-wing account. “Elon supports erasing the cultural and ethnic identity of America to help grow his bank account. He’s parasitic and destructive.”

“So why not try to get people from Europe?” replied another account. “Engineers here in northern Europe earn HALF of what US engineers do, yet you keep importing Indians instead.”

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[–] Darkard@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago

Uh oh, was the charlatan not on your side all along?

Was he only saying whatever you wanted to hear so he could be in charge and flipped the page the moment you stopped being useful?

Womp womp. Thoughts and prayers.

[–] maxenmajs@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sorry, racists. Daddy Musk needs more factory workers and his breeding fetish isn't cutting it.

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Maybe he can make up with the nazis after telling them he wants those workers to work without pay. Locked in a camp. Just like daddy's mines.

[–] masterbaexunn@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

People must have shit for brains. He did just that when he overextended himself and had to borrow money to buy twitter. Pretty much fired all the other programmers and basically held visa workers hostage because they literally couldn't quit or they'd be deported

[–] NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Big business was always going to be at odds with a literal interpretation of Trump's immigration policy.

[–] breakingcups@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah we love reading this but in the end it's just someone barely meeting the definition of journalist pulling some rando comments from Twitter because it suits the narrative that helps them get clicks. What is the news here, really?

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The news is that Musk tweeted on Christmas day 2024 that Trump's anti immigration campaign was a lie. Co-President Musk wants to increase immigration for his companies instead of paying for American workers.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Its not about America or American workers. Trump doesnt want to have to employ people he needs in countries where he doesnt have his fingers on the scales.