Musk has posted about an impending civil war on his social media platform X at least eight times in the past 10 months. Some warn it’s dangerous rhetoric.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has repeatedly prophesied a future civil war related to immigration.

Musk has posted about the subject on his social media platform X at least eight times in the past 10 months, according to a review of his posts by NBC News. And his posts usually include a specific prediction: He thinks that Europe in particular is headed toward a “civil war” due to the arrival of refugees from other continents.

Musk’s interest in the subject of a civil war poked into public view earlier this month when he weighed in on anti-immigration street riots happening across Great Britain. “Civil war is inevitable,” he wrote on X.

Musk’s rhetoric is unheard-of for a corporate executive speaking in public, but the prediction of a civil war has become a frequent talking point among some far-right activists who view a civil war in Europe or the U.S. as not only unavoidable but also as something to be welcomed.

“What you’re seeing in these calls for civil war is a white supremacist clarion call. It is a dog whistle,” said Jon Lewis, a research fellow at George Washington University’s Program on Extremism.

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    3 months ago

    Not to disagree with your general point about billionaires’ excessive wealth, but he used to be more dedicated that he is now; remember him sleeping on the Tesla factory floor to get Model 3 line up and running? That image is probably what enabled him to get his ridiculous pay package. Seems in recent years you never hear anything about him doing his job at any of these companies. Not sure what happened but from outside it definitely looks like he went from a pretty hardworking leader to a checked-out troll.

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      3 months ago

      He’s never changed, we just didn’t have social media back in the PayPal days.