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He’s a product of his upbringing.

Are you a product of your upbringing?

My parents were pretty conservative, I'm religious and my religion leans very conservative, and I grew up in a pretty conservative part of a liberal state (lots of, "those libs are holding us back"). You'd assume I'd be very conservative, no? I was as a kid, but once I moved to a conservative state, I saw how both major parties were full of nonsense and found a home with libertarianism (not the Libertarian Party, they're an embarrassment). I'm a bit further left on many social issues than most Democrats, and I take a bit from both parties on fiscal issues. Most of my neighbors are conservative, most my coworkers are progressive, I don't have a bunch of libertarian friends or anything, and I just don't talk about politics much.

My cousin married a white South African and I have a white South African coworker, and both are quite liberal despite having a similar upbringing as Musk (not rich, but certainly benefitted from apartheid) and growing up in my very red state.

I don't think anyone is "a product of their upbringing." If Elon is a Nazi, that's because of choices he made, not his parents. If we consider the totality of the circumstances, I don't think Elon making a brief, Nazi-looking salute saying "my heart goes out to you" is the smoking gun people claim it is, I think it's much more likely that it's him looking for attention. He knew the mass media was going to make a spectacle of him regardless like they always do, so he decided to give them something to talk about.

If Elon or anyone is going to actually do Nazi stuff and mean it, it'll be behind closed doors, not on a nationally televised Inauguration Day event.