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Elon Musk’s ‘Cancel Culture’ Tweet Prompts Obama Flashback; Musk: ‘True’

John Bickley
Elon Musk’s ‘Cancel Culture’ Tweet Prompts Obama Flashback; Musk: ‘True’
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After demanding governors “FREE AMERICA NOW” and declaring war on California officials for their clampdown on his Tesla factory, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk encouraged everyone on Sunday to “take the red pill,” prompting cheers from the right and moans from the left. Now, the SpaceX founder is calling for the end of “cancel culture” — and finding that a lot of people are with him, including, at least partly, former President Barack Obama.

Take the red pill,” Musk tweeted Sunday. While the debate was still raging over Musk’s Matrix reference, he dropped another context-less, politically loaded comment on Tuesday. “Cancel Cancel Culture!” the billionaire wrote. “More fun, less shun!” he added in a follow-up post.

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