“Buy a Tesla, support fascism!”, launched the collective in another message on Thursday. The projection on Elon Musk's factory aims to denounce the far-right boss' Nazi salute.
This Thursday, January 23, German activists claimed responsibility for the projection of Elon Musk's Nazi salute on his Tesla factory, near Berlin, to denounce the gesture of the far-right boss, performed twice during the inauguration of Donald Trump.
“We want to organize the destruction of Elon Musk in an artistic way”indicated Philipp Ruch, emblematic figure of the collective “Center for Political Beauty” (ZPS).
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The projection also shows the word “Heil” next to the illuminated Tesla logo, forming the expression “Heil Tesla”, an explicit reference to the Third Reich. In a video accompanying their publication, the collective launched a scathing message: “Buy a Tesla, support fascism”. According to local police, the punching action was reported to the public prosecutor's office for investigation.
They denounce the interference of Elon Musk
According to the leaders of the collective, this intervention, which lasted about an houralso included projections of the image of Alice Weidel, candidate of the German far-right AfD party for the upcoming elections.
For several weeks, the billionaire has been actively involved in the campaign for the German legislative elections scheduled for February 23. He made numerous controversial statements, calling Chancellor Olaf Scholz “crazy” and “incompetent”and did not hesitate to call President Frank-Walter Steinmeier a “tyrant”.
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The AfD, known for its extremist positions and its flirtation with neo-Nazi ideas, is currently enjoying a worrying rise in power. Polls credit the party with nearly 20% of voting intentionsplacing him in second position behind the Conservatives.
The ZPS is not its first success. This satirical collective had already made waves in 2017, by installing a miniature replica of the Holocaust memorial in front of the home of an AfD executive.
With this action targeting Tesla, they are attacking a major symbol: the Grünheide factory, inaugurated in 2022, is the electric vehicle manufacturer's only European gigafactory. It represents a strategic pillar for Musk, whose political and economic ambitions are intertwined in increasingly troubling ways.
