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Tech boss was addressing the ‘unite the kingdom’ protest organised by Tommy Robinson via video link

Elon Musk has called for a “dissolution of parliament” and a “change of government” in the UK while addressing the crowd attending the “unite the kingdom” rally, organised by the far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson.

The X owner, who dialled in via a video link and spoke to Robinson while thousands of attenders watched along, also railed against the “woke mind virus” and told the crowd that “violence is coming” and that “you either fight back or you die”.

Speaking at the rally, he said: “I really think that there’s got to be a change of government in Britain. You can’t – we don’t have another four years, or whenever the next election is, it’s too long. Something’s got to be done. There’s got to be a dissolution of parliament and a new vote held.”

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 15 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I call for the dissolution of Elon musk

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's a foreign fascist interfering in British politics. Shut down all his business operations in Britain and expropriate the assets.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 21 hours ago

Conserative, I mean Labour won't allow that. Musky Boy is part of the donor class.

How is this not screaming fire in a theater...he should not be inciting violence.

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh that's a great idea. You see how the U.S. government is crumbling and pedophiles are being protected by the people doing it to strip away any chance of justice. And people are being assassinated at oddly convenient time to help the pedophiles and their investment banker friends.

Listen to Elon. The guy who is literally instigating a second civil war for the the U.S. You too can achieve the American dream.

BTW he's on the list!

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/13/jeffrey-epstein-emails-wealth

Double btw they want to take away our passports for questioning war policies of another country. That's kinda goofy huh 😜 https://theintercept.com/2025/09/13/marco-rubio-revoke-us-passports-terrorism/

[–] Graymouzer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

On the bright side, he's not in the US screwing things up for the moment.

[–] handsoffmydata@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We should make a rule that billionaires are only allowed to destabilize one democratic nation state at a time.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

If we're in a position to make rules, then it should be about proper dining etiquette while eating them.

[–] rammer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

How about none?

[–] arsCynic@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago

Rät - Penelope Scott

[Verse 1]
I come from scientists and atheists and white men who kill God
They make technology high quality, complex, physiological
Experiments and sacrilege in the name of public good
They taught me everything, just like a daddy should

[Verse 2]
And you were beautiful and vulnerable and power and success
God damn, I fell for you, your flamethrowers, your tunnels, and your tech
I studied code because I wanted to do something great like you
And the real tragedy is half of it was true

[Bridge 1]
But we’ve been fuckin’ mean, we’re elitist, we’re as flawed as any church
And this faux-rad West coast dogma has a higher fuckin’ net worth
I bit the apple ’cause I trusted you
It tastes like Thomas Malthus
Your proposal is immodest and insane
And I hope someday Selmers rides her fuckin’ train

[Chorus]
I loved you, I loved you, I loved you, it’s true
I wanted to be you and do what you do
I lived here, I loved here, I thought it was true
I feel so stupid, and so used
I feel so used

[Verse 3]
I was your baby, your firstborn, the hot girl in your comp-sci class
And I was Darwin’s prep school dream bred born and raised to kick your ass
I fell for circuit boards, rocket ships, pictures of the stars
If you could only be what you pretend you are

[Verse 4]
When I said take me to the moon I never meant take me alone
I thought if mankind toured the sky it meant that all of us could go
But I don’t want to see the stars if they’re just one more piece of land
For us to colonize, for us to turn to sand

[Bridge 2]
‘Cause we’re so fuckin’ mean, we’re so elitist, we’re as fucked as any church
And this bullshit West coast dogma has a higher fuckin’ net worth
I bit the apple ’cause I loved you, and why would you lie?
And then I realized that you’re just as naïve as I am
Oh, you’re so traumatized it makes me want to cry

[Chorus]
You dumb *removed*
I loved you, I loved you, I loved you, it’s true
I wanted to be you and do what you do
I lived here, I loved here, I bought it, it’s true
I’m so embarrassed, I feel abused

[Verse 5]
Well I don’t want to eat the rich, I’d have to eat my heroes first
And my tuition’s paid by blood, I might deserve your fate or worse
But I don’t need your god damn money, I don’t need jack shit from you
So when I speak, you bet your life my words are true

[Verse 6]
Let me level with you man, as someone guilty of the game
I took the help, I took the cash, I would’ve taken your last name
So if any girl on Earth should get to make a call about this, it should be me
And as I see it, you’re a dick

[Bridge 3]
So fuck your tunnels, fuck your cars, fuck your rockets, fuck your cars again
You promised you’d be Tesla, but you’re just another Edison
‘Cause Tesla broke a patent, all you ever broke were hearts
I can’t believe you tore humanity apart
With the very same machines that could have been our brand new start

[Chorus]
And the worst part is
I loved you, I loved you, I loved you, it’s true
And sometimes I feel like I still fuckin’ do
I lived here, I loved here, I bought it, it’s true
I’m so embarrassed, I feel abused
I feel so used
I feel so used
Take me to the moon
‘Cause I feel so used

Lyrics: https://lyricsvin.com/rat-lyrics-penelope-scott/

[–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 58 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Is he English? Why is he trying to influence another country's politics?

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

He did the same thing in Germany. There's many articles from a while back when he had a super awkward interview with some AfD politician where they discussed how Hitler was actually a communist. Yeah, not kidding. This herr however seems a bit more dramatic, maybe Muski has learned something from that first experience.

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because the best way to keep his wealth is to push wherever he can towards corporate fascism.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 27 points 1 day ago

south african apartheid queen, trying to bring it back to western countries.

[–] Zron@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

They stopped buying his cars

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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 31 points 1 day ago

~~Tommy Robinson~~

That's the name he took on to come across more blue collar. His real name is:

Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon

[–] MonsterMonster@lemmy.world 181 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh fuck off you absolute weirdo

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mods pls ban, he said the w word, that's hate speech

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[–] FreddyNO@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Billionaires. Should. Not. Exist.

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Make. Elon. HOMELESS.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The UK is a dumpster fire. The UK is literally mini-US, it's all neoliberals hard-working "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" guys. (And by "guys" i don't just mean biological men, this is not a gender issue.)

[–] hector@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

They are further along in fascism in some respects than the us is. They just have mealy mouth leaders that do not say the quiet part loud.

[–] biotin7@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)
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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 99 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

Doesn't anyone ever make the connection that BILLIONAIRES SHOULDN'T EXIST

I don't mean kill the person or assassinate them .... just separate them from their money. The idea of someone owning and controlling so much money and wealth is only detrimental to the rest of humanity.

Get rid of excessive wealth and you will solve 99.9% of the world's problems. It won't create a utopia but it would be a hell of a lot better world than what we have now.

I don’t mean kill the person or assassinate them

Killing them won't do any good, if you kill one, another one takes their place. You gotta tax them, because that affects them all equally, so it's not just "pop one, another appears" game.

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I love you, fellow champion of rational thought. Their money only exists by mutual consent. Their ownership of things only exists by mutual consent. We can revoke our consent. They have built many systems, of government, of policing, around us and around them to protect their money and ownership, but at the end of the day, even these systems are powered by people and only exist by mutual consent. Their defenses require us to be willing to fight each other, that is why they work so hard to keep us willing to fight each other. If we stop fighting each other for long enough, we might just realize they are simply frightened, selfish human individuals just like any of the rest of us. They may be billionaires, but they are not gods, we just cower before them and their systems as if they were.

We can change this, if we work together, instead of against each other.

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[–] Strider@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

The (not) funny thing is that money is not worth anything objectively, we give it value. We could decide they own nothing.

(edit; typo missing y at they)

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[–] hector@lemmy.today 27 points 2 days ago

We know it can be done and that it works because that was how it was done when things did work, in the post-war years until the 1970s. Anything over an obscene amount was taxed at 90%, and wealth taxes at inheritance would take large chunks of generational wealth above obscene levels.

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[–] shreyan@lemmy.cif.su 22 points 1 day ago

I'd love to see blood spewing from this grifter's neck.

[–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 51 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Firstly, what is this "we?" Did he move to the UK? No? Then why the fuck is he acting like he has a say?

Secondly, he sounds actually deranged based on the quotes. I feel more and more like conservatism should be classified as a mental illness.

[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He ran out his welcome in the US government and now he's trying to worm his way in to the UK government.

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[–] spacemint_rhino@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 day ago

When he says "we" he means the white race. The guy's a flesh and blood 4chan board who inherited blood wealth from daddy's emerald mine.

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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Blind disabled granny with a free Palestine sign: jailed
Foreign billionaire destroying democracy: aww you staaapth 🤭

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 113 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What a fucking hate spewing coward.

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[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Cool. Charge him with treason and throw him in jail if he ever decides to pay the U.K a visit again, then.

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Tesla stock too high again?

[–] don@lemmy.ca 56 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Stochastic terrorist Nazi and murderous ketamine junkie suffering from the broke mind virus advocating physical violence is creating his own self-fulfilling prophecy.

Yeah, violence is coming you fuckmook, because you make it necessary.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 58 points 2 days ago

The right never stops inciting violence.

[–] zergtoshi@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How long until someone calls for the dissolution of Elon Musk?
That would be inappropriate, but people get desperate.

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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago

Fuck off nazi.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Since he's fine for people calling out for drastic actions in things they have no business in, I'm calling out for psychiatrists to lock Musk up in a padded cell.

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[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (3 children)

This is why you must never buy a Tesla.

The Board is tripping over itself to give this guy a Trillion dollar payout.

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[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Napoleon complex on Musk is reaching epic proportions.

And just like Napoleon, he wants you to revolt to be crowned emperor afterwards.

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[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Shouldn't Elmo be banned after from the UK after such actions?

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[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

He should have his assets seized in every NATO nation

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