Elon Musk called Hitler a ‘hardcore Socialist’, and history wanted a quick word – 17 blistering corrections
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He wants to believe all the things Hitler did while distancing himself from the name
— evan loves worf (@esjesjesj) May 26, 2026
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You pushing the dumbest historical revisionism online again: “Hitler was left-wing, hardcore socialist” 😂
No, you clown. The Nazis were far-right fascists who crushed trade unions, privatised state assets for their corporate backers, murdered socialists and communists by the…— Shahir (@RealShahir) May 26, 2026
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https://t.co/8XPAaIzqOq pic.twitter.com/9f4KkjRu3V
— 💀DeathMetalViking💀 (@DeathMetalV) May 26, 2026
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Soon after the Nazis came to power they rounded up socialists and communists and threw them in prison camps. The socialists were political rivals of the Nazis. The Nazis used the term socialist in their name because it was popular at the time. The Nazis hated actual socialists. https://t.co/3npGfKYq1C
— Decoding Fox News (@DecodingFoxNews) May 26, 2026
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He just did the meme https://t.co/LafkI0DOZK pic.twitter.com/mR45ZpxUTd
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) May 26, 2026
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Still pushing his weird theory that is seriously complete bullshit. Read a fucking history book. https://t.co/ST3SsZ30SV
— Jonny G 🇺🇦 (@dontforgetchaos) May 26, 2026
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Is that why you said this? pic.twitter.com/3eG3XBLzbZ
— Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives (@darren_cullen) May 27, 2026
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This may be the most incredible triumph of propaganda in my lifetime. The idea that Hitler was "left" and/or a "socialist" used to be considered self-evidently insane. But here we have the richest & most powerful man on earth blithely repeating it. https://t.co/pG9qZCQLFr
— ☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ (@schwarz) May 26, 2026
Grok reprogramming in 3… 2…
Hey @grok, was Hitler a "hardcore socialist"?
— Dispropaganda (@Dispropoganda) May 26, 2026
**No, Hitler was not a hardcore socialist in any conventional sense.**
The Nazi Party's full name included "National Socialist," and its 1920 25-point platform had some anti-capitalist rhetoric to appeal to workers (e.g., nationalizing trusts, profit-sharing). But Hitler…
— Grok (@grok) May 26, 2026
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