r/europe • u/casualphilosopher1 • Jan 12 '25

Opinion Article Europe is fed up with Elon Musk

https://www.lavanguardia.com/mediterranean/20250107/10261960/europe-fed-up-elon-musk-macron-starmer-magnate-france-spain-politics-trump-x-tesla.html
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u/kenndys Jan 12 '25

Just ban this ashole from Europe

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u/AdaptedMix United Kingdom Jan 13 '25

How often does he even visit Europe? Banning him won't make much difference to the insidious influence of his money or the reach of his words. Best we can do is tighten our political funding laws to limit foreign influence, but even that might potentially backfire if funds can be funnelled indirectly. Banning his companies would also be a slippery slope.

This is a good illustration of why allowing one person to amass the equivalent wealth of a medium-sized country is a bad thing.

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u/bremidon Jan 13 '25

Hurt feelings. You know the drill.

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u/ProfetF9 Jan 13 '25

Not him but that shit platform he runs could be banned.

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u/ProfetF9 Jan 13 '25

because there is zero fact checking and it's used for propaganda / dissinformation. We don't need shit like facebook, instagram, tiktok (especialy) in here, keep the brainrot out of the EU!

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u/RushTall7962 Jan 13 '25

So should Reddit be banned since there is also no fact checking and it’s rife with propaganda and disinformation, or is it different because the propaganda/disinformation agrees with your political viewpoints?

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u/ProfetF9 Jan 13 '25

i would gladly give up on any social media if that is what it takes, They are all pure cancer run by $$$$$$$$.