Brazil’s Lula Urges World to Crackdown on Musk Free Speech Crusade

Far-left Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday that his government’s authoritarian crusade against the social media platform X and its owner, Elon Musk, is setting an example that the entire world should emulate.

“The world is not obliged to put up with Musk’s far-right ideology just because he is rich,” Lula said in an interview with CNN Brazil on Monday.

Lula has been harping on Musk’s personal wealth a great deal lately, attempting to paint himself as the underdog in his feud with the Tesla CEO, even though Lula commands a vast state treasury and the machinery of a repressive state.

At a press conference in August, Lula snarled that “just because the guy [Musk] has a lot of money doesn’t mean he can disrespect” the Brazilian state.

“He is a citizen of America, he is not a citizen of the world. He cannot keep offending the presidents, the deputies, the senate, the Supreme Court,” Lula fumed, completely missing the point that being a citizen of the United States does indeed mean Musk has the freedom to offend any government officials he pleases, American or otherwise, and Musk’s lowest-paid American employee has exactly the same right.

Lula did jail time for corruption before getting a surprise annulment from the Brazilian Supreme Court in 2019 so he could run for president, so he might not be the best person to sit in judgment over other people’s fortunes.

The UK Guardian, clearly uncomfortable with throwing penalty flags against a left-wing authoritarian president, gingerly pointed out on Tuesday that Lula might be strengthening the Brazilian opposition by attempting to choke off its social media platform of choice…

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