The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.

As Tesla stocks continue their free-fall into the abyss, billionaire edgelord Elon Musk thinks defending literal Hitler might somehow stop the bleeding. The SpaceX founder has reposted a tweet claiming that history’s infamous dictators weren’t actually responsible for murdering people.

Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did,” said an X post shared by the site’s owner, multibillionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.

The post, originally shared by another user, read, "Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector workers did."

MAGA Billionaire Elon Musk, the owner of X (formerly Twitter), is facing criticism after amplifying a tweet that downplays the responsibility of historical dictators in mass killings. The post, originally from the account "Alice Smith" and shared by user "Rothmus,

Elon Musk has reposted a tweet suggesting that Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong were not responsible for murdering millions of people. The post, amplified by Musk to his 219.6 million followers,

Elon Musk faced backlash after reposting a controversial message on X suggesting that public sector employees, not leaders like Hitler and Stalin, were responsible for mass murders. Labor unions and advocacy groups condemned Musk,

Elon Musk has sparked backlash after the billionaire reposted on his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, a post which declared that Hitler “didn’t murder millions of people,” but rather it was public sector employees.