In an interview with the conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro (The Daily Wire), Tesla entrepreneur Elon Musk openly admits: The enthusiasm of young people in the USA for communism amazes him.

Star entrepreneur Elon Musk (52) and the conservative political commentator Benjamin “Ben” Aaron Shapiro (40) observe a resurgence of communism in the West. Shapiro spoke of a new “war against the meritocracy” in a 50-minute interview with the Tesla billionaire. The American founder and editor-in-chief of the news site The Daily Wire sees this trend on both sides of the political spectrum. There is a hostility “against people who do something”, especially against “innovators”.

Is there a new generation of Bernie Sanders in the USA (picture)? The US senator was also able to inspire young people with his socialist ideas. APA/AFP/NICHOLAS KAMM

Elon Musk: “Are you crazy?”

This also does not leave the well-known multi-entrepreneur Elon Musk (Tesla, X, SpaceX) cold. For him, communism is under a new name and with different marketing, as he explains. “Part of the thought of the free market or capitalism is that it is a performance society: may the best product or service win.” Some don’t want to make friends with that today. They attack those who develop the most successful product.

Then the star entrepreneur admitted: “It always leaves me speechless when children who come from college in America and have it very easy to actually take communism seriously. That leaves me speechless.” He also thought back to some disputes on X (Twitter). “I wonder: Are you crazy?” It is clear “how often this experiment has already been carried out with terrible consequences.”

An important question is always: “Which side must the wall in order to keep people inside. It was not West Berlin that built the wall.”