SpaceX Gives $1 Million Prize to Literal Nazi Who Has Bragged About His Profound Racism
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Allison Robbert / AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk’s X — formerly known as Twitter and newly acquired by SpaceX — says it will give a million bucks to a proudly self-proclaimed Nazi. On Tuesday, the social media site and Grok-run asylum announced the winners of its “$1M Article Contest,” with the grand prize going to a user named Beaver with the handle @beaverd. As many quickly noticed, that user happens to be an out-and-out white supremacist with over 100,000 followers, who Musk has interacted with in the past. Don’t just take our word for it. In one tweet, Beaver — who describes himself as “God’s most r*tarded soldier” — expressed his regret that Trump wasn’t even more right wing, writing that he wished the US president “was literally Hitler.” One of his favorite groups to rail against are Somalis — the right’s bugbear du jour — accusing them of having lower IQ than wild animals. He also runs a website that supposedly tracks government spending and fraud …
