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submitted 1 year ago by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to c/news@lemmy.world

Musk, the billionaire owner of X, formerly Twitter, and CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, joined Trump onstage in Butler on Saturday to show his support for the Republican and state that he is "not just MAGA — I am Dark MAGA."

A number of people have mocked Musk's appearance at the Butler rally on Saturday on social media, as well as criticizing his public speaking efforts.

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[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 94 points 1 year ago

Dark MAGA?

What is it with Right Wingers and outright admitting to being the villains?

[-] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I mean, as much as it’s cringe it was cringe when Biden did “Dark Brandon”. I imagine this is a response to that not “we’re the villains” (even though they are)

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 79 points 1 year ago

Dark Brandon was created as an evil representation of Biden that did evil things, like helping people. His supporters found this funny, because if this person where actually real they'd like him a lot more, so they spread memes of "Dark Brandon" supporting policies they liked. The Biden team saw this and started using it too, as a way to share actual good policies they were doing. Basically, it was an insult turned into a weapon.

Musk doing this is skipping all that context and essentially just saying they're the supposedly bad thing. Without actually saying why it's good, it just sounds like you're doing the bad thing —which they absolutely are, but shouldn't want to own. He's an internet edgelord who never understood internet culture and purchased a social media site. It's sad.

[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Biden was not the originator of the DB memes

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Naw, Dark Brandon was kinda based

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