Examples of right wing hate speech, anti semitism and white supremacy themes flourish on X, cultivating a core of support within communities, both at home and abroad.
Verified pro-Nazi X accounts flourish under Elon Musk
An NBC News review identified 150 verified “Premium” accounts that have posted or amplified pro-Nazi content.
Elon Musk’s X is a thriving hub for Nazi support and propaganda, with paid subscribers sharing speeches by Adolf Hitler or content praising his genocidal regime.
NBC News found that at least 150 paid “Premium” subscriber X accounts and thousands of unpaid accounts have posted or amplified pro-Nazi content on X in recent months, often in apparent violation of X’s rules. The paid accounts posting the content all consistently posted antisemitic or pro-Nazi material. Examples included praise of Nazi soldiers, sharing of Nazi symbols and denials of the Holocaust.
The pro-Nazi content is not confined to the fringes of the platform. During one seven-day period in March, seven of the most widely shared pro-Nazi posts on X accrued 4.5 million views in total. One post with 1.9 million views promoted a false and long-debunked conspiracy theory that 6 million Jews did not die in the Holocaust. More than 5,300 verified and unverified accounts reshared that post, and other popular posts were reshared hundreds of times apiece.
Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s former first minister, has accused X owner Elon Musk of trying to inflame racial tensions after he posted about the murder of a Glasgow schoolboy.
Musk shared a post about the racist killing of Kriss Donald in Pollokshields in 2004 by a gang of Scottish Asian youths, saying it was the first time he had heard of the case.
Yousaf told BBC Scotland News that the billionaire tech entrepreneur had amplified the murder because he “seems to highlight cases that involve only people of colour or Muslims”.
Musk has previously dismissed accusations of discrimination from the former SNP leader, with each accusing the other of racism in a long-running row.
“It’s the birthrates. It’s the birthrates. It’s the birthrates,” echoed the introduction line in the manifesto of the Christchurch shooter who killed 51 people in a mosque in 2019. His claim was that white people are being “replaced” by other races and won’t survive without action.
A few years later, the same obsession with birth rates has become a catchphrase of Elon Musk’s daily social media activism.
Don’t get me wrong, Elon Musk is neither a white supremacist nor a right-wing terrorist. Yet, like other people with extremist opinions, he promotes the view that society is in decline and that action is needed to prevent a related apocalypse. These rhetorical overlaps are hardly coincidental. They stem from a reactionary philosophy that has a long history of going viral.
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The idea of decadence – moral decline triggered by excessive indulgence – informs many parts of everyday sense-making, especially cultural criticism.
Ever read American historian Christopher Lasch’s famous bestseller about the contemporary culture of narcissism? Ever come across the popular meme that claims “weak men create hard times”? Ever followed the Cultural Tutor’s tweets about the loss of beauty in architecture? Ever doomscrolled through Jordan Peterson’s 1,293 YouTube videos? The detail varies, but the overarching theme of decadence is the same every time.
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Musk’s philosophy appears to be that men shall submit to the CEO-king’s long-term ambition. To conquer space, colonise Mars, and merge human brains into one singular artificial intelligence, the individual and its needs become negligible. And that’s what the decadence narrative is all about in the first place.
When Elon Musk vowed late last year to lead a “department of government efficiency” (Doge), he claimed it would operate with “maximum transparency” as it set about saving $2tn worth of waste and exposing massive fraud.
US President Donald Trump granted refugee status to nearly 60 white Afrikaners from South Africa, citing unverified claims of a “white genocide.” The US processed their asylum requests directly in South Africa and flew them out of Johannesburg on a special chartered flight.
The matter escalated when Elon Musk, South African-born tech mogul and adviser to the President, shared a video of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema singing “Dubul’ ibhunu” (“Shoot the Boer”), claiming it proved political support for white genocide in the country.
At a White House meeting Wednesday, Trump brought up these claims with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who denied these allegations.
Who Are The Afrikaners?
Afrikaners are a white ethnic group in South Africa. They are primarily descended from Dutch, German, and French settlers who arrived in the 1600s. They speak Afrikaans, a language closely related to Dutch. Traditionally, many Afrikaners have worked as farmers and are also called “Boers” (which means “farmer” in Dutch).
Elon Musk recently reacted to a Somali TikToker who appeared to be threatening his life on camera. This came after Musk recently amplified YouTuber Nick Shirley’s claims of the Somali community in Minnesota allegedly using federally funded day care centers to commit fraud.
On January 1, 2026, X account @cb_doge posted a video of a female Somali TikToker talking about Elon Musk. While the TikToker primarily spoke in another language in the video, she frequently added a few words or sentences in English. In the clip, she held up a tablet that showed a video reporting on Elon Musk’s recent comments about Shirley’s claims, saying:
“I wouldn’t worry too much about him [Elon Musk]. He about to die.”
While the full context of her statement was unclear, many online assumed this to be a threat to Musk’s life. Additionally, the tech billionaire himself reacted to the clip with a two-word response on X, writing:
Musk also had another reply to the TikToker, which has now become his pinned tweet on his X profile. The Tesla co-founder quote-tweeted the TikToker’s video and wrote: “Then it is war.”
Nick Shirley thanked Elon Musk for providing a platform for free speech via X
On December 26, 2025, YouTuber Nick Shirley posted a 43-minute video allegedly exposing Minnesota‘s “billion dollar fraud scandal involving Tim Walz and the Somali population.” The video, posted a day after Christmas, went viral on social media, garnering over 2.9 million views on YouTube and 131 million views on X as of the time of this article.
According to the video, Shirley claimed that many federally funded Somali-owned day care centres were not providing care for children but were instead complicit in widespread government assistance fraud. Shirley, who described himself as an “independent YouTube journalist,” claimed to have uncovered over $110 million in fraud.
Furthermore, the video was widely amplified by prominent conservative parties, including Vice President JD Vance, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Elon Musk. According to NPR, Vance reposted the video and credited Shirley with doing “far more useful journalism than any of the winners of the 2024 [Pulitzer] prizes.” Patel wrote that the FBI began investigating “Minnesota to dismantle large-scale fraud schemes exploiting federal programs” before the video went viral.
Meanwhile, Musk has been amplifying the video’s content for days, reposting multiple sources that allegedly pointed to high levels of fraud in Minnesota. He dubbed Minnesota governor Tim Walz as “Traitor Tim,” writing in one X post:
“Traitor Tim, time to answer for your crimes.”
Nick Shirley recently thanked Elon Musk for providing a platform for free speech on X, which the tech billionaire purchased in 2022. Days after his video went viral, Shirley appeared for an interview with Info Wars‘ Alex Jones, where he praised Musk for “leveling out the playing field and giving us a platform where we can speak freely.”
“What he did by leveling out the playing field and giving us a platform where we can speak freely, he’s not only helped save the United States, he’s helping save the United Kingdom as people are actually able to speak out,” Shirley said.
He added:
“X is the number one news source for most countries in the world now because people are able to get that news straight from their phone without having to go through and get a subscription… So, thank you, Elon Musk, because what he has done has helped shape society in many ways.”
🚨 NICK SHIRLEY: “Thank you, Elon Musk. Because what he’s done has helped shape society in MANY ways. The election, so we can all speak freely in the US. You’re seeing the ripple effect.” 💯”He’s not only helped save the United States, he’s helping save the United Kingdom.””If it wasn’t for @ElonMusk – people don’t understand how important he is in what’s going on in the world…we’re fighting to keep what made America great. It’s not a coincidence America became the greatest country in 250 years.””If we don’t stand for what made us that great country, we will fall, whether it be from allowing mass immigration to happen or allowing fraud to happen. We won’t be the same country, and we won’t be that great country that we once were.”Expand Tweet
In other news, the Trump administration is reportedly freezing child care funds to Minnesota in light of recent allegations of fraud.
For further reading about the Somali issue in Minnesota, see Michael D Sellers Jan 2 2026 Substack:
Minnesota is home to the largest Somali population in the United States, concentrated primarily in Minneapolis–St. Paul. The roots of this community go back to the 1990s, when the U.S. accepted Somali refugees fleeing civil war. Over time, family reunification and secondary migration turned a foothold into a durable diaspora.
This community is not invisible. It is politically organized, economically active, and culturally distinct. It has produced business owners, professionals, and elected officials — most famously Ilhan Omar, whose rise alone made Minnesota’s Somali population a permanent fixture in the national political imagination.
That visibility has consequences.
To admirers, the Somali community represents resilience, entrepreneurship, and successful refuge. To critics — especially on the populist right — it has become shorthand for non-assimilation, welfare abuse, and cultural threat.
That tension is the backdrop against which the current fraud allegations are being received.
One thing Musk and Epstein had in common was an interest in Eugenics. Now I see Musk is backing a startup in the field of discredited eugenics:
Elon Musk Using Eugenics Startup to Inspect DNA of Potential Babies for Intelligence
He’s reportedly screening embryos for superior “intelligence.”
Retired, living in the Scottish Borders after living most of my life in cities in England. I can now indulge my interest in all aspects of living close to nature in a wild landscape. I live on what was once the Iapetus Ocean which took millions of years to travel from the Southern Hemisphere to here in the Northern Hemisphere. That set me thinking and questioning and seeking answers.
In 1998 I co-wrote Millennium Countdown (US)/ A Business Guide to the Year 2000 (UK) see https://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780749427917
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