Elon Musk changes identity on X by adopting far-right internet codes

Elon Musk changes identity on X by adopting far-right internet codes
Elon Musk changes identity on X by adopting far-right internet codes
ALAIN JOCARD / AFP The boss of X, Elon Musk, changed his nickname on the social network on Tuesday, December 31 to “Kekius Maximus”.

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The boss of X, Elon Musk, changed his nickname on the social network on Tuesday, December 31 to “Kekius Maximus”.

UNITED STATES – Enigmatic and political pseudonym. The boss of X, Elon Musk, changed his nickname on the social network on Tuesday, December 31, to “ Kecius Maximus »generating countless speculations about the name appearing to be a mix of far-right symbols, a cryptocurrency (memecoin) and the character from the film Gladiator.

Close to President Donald Trump, of whom he has become an important advisor, the boss of Tesla and SpaceX also swapped his profile photo for an image of “ Pepe the Frog »a popular cartoon character who was nevertheless associated with the far right during the first election of Donald Trump. And had been described as “ sign of hatred » by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which fights against anti-Semitism in the United States.

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Allusion to the expression “kek”?

As usual, Elon Musk, the richest man on the planet, who bought Twitter to rename it X in 2022, gave no explanation for these changes which caused the buzz.

His new pseudonym could be an allusion to Maximus Decimus Meridius, the Roman general played by Russell Crowe in Gladiator in 2000 and « kek »an expression frequently used by far-right Internet users and many trolls to replace it « mdr ».

Before changing his pseudonym, Elon Musk published an announcement on X: “ Kekius Maximus will soon reach level 80 in hardcore PoE ». PoE is an apparent reference to the popular video game Path of Exile.

After Musk's change of pseudonym, the value of the memecoin Kekius Maximus, a cryptocurrency inspired by the same internet, climbed by nearly 1,400% on Tuesday afternoon, according to the site CoinGecko while Internet users wonder if it is a joke or a hidden message in favor of cryptocurrencies.

The billionaire will be one of the key figures of Trump's mandate who appointed him to head a commission responsible for ” government effectiveness »an organization created to reduce federal budgets, one of the workhorses of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

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