“0 to 1939 in 3 seconds”: why the anti-Elon musk satire is flourishing in Great Britain

Playful posters have started to appear everywhere in London in the past two months.

On the side of a bus stop in eastern London, one of them shows Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, emerging from a Tesla roof with his hand pointing up in a hi -up. “Go from 0 to 1939 in 3 seconds,” said the announcement. “Tesla. The Swasticar.”

Another simulated announcement shows Mr. Musk and President Trump in front of a Red Tesla with the words: “Now with a powerful white direction”. In northern London, a false film display panel stimulates: “The Fast and the Führer”, with a photo of M. Musk greeting next to a Tesla with a Doge license plate, a reference to the federal budgetary washing agency which he currently leads to the name of Mr. Trump.

“Parental guidance,” warns the display panel, set up by a group called to overthrow musk. “Tesla’s CEO is an extreme right activist. Do not give it your money.”

In the British capital and in several European cities, Mr. Musk’s signature activities have become the target of the same type of political anger that fueled Vandalism of Tesla cars in the United States and sometimes violent demonstrations in its dealerships.

There have been cases of unruly protests and vandalism in Europe. But a large part of the anti-MUSC feeling has taken the form of a political satire, of the genre that has prospered in Great Britain for at least the 18th century.

Just outside Berlin, a group called the Center for Political Beauty used high power lights to project the word “Heil” on the side of a Tesla factory so that it read “Heil Tesla”, as well as an image of M. Musk greeting during a speech in Washington. In Italy, street art represents Elon Musk who takes off a mask to show Adolf Hitler’s face below. The words “Elon Mask” appear above the image.