Elon Musk Criticized for Promoting Controversial ‘Alpha Males’ Theory Sparking Online Backlash

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Elon Musk Criticized for Promoting Controversial: The latest controversy in which Elon Musk has asserted his opinions on various matters is that sexism that he lately encouraged on stating that only “high T alpha males” must be the deciders and the citizens of democracy.

Taking to X, he reposted a post, featuring a screenshot of a theory that says “people who can't defend themselves physically (women and low T men)” are “very malleable to brute force manufactured consensus.”

“This is why a Republic of high status males is best for decision making. Democratic, but a democracy only for those who are free to think,” the post concluded, claiming that only “high T alpha males and aneurotypical people” are able to critically assess new information.

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The screenshot was posted on 4chan in July of 2021. The title of the most current X post, ‘‘the Reich effect,’’ probably referencing the German state’s official name until the end of the Second World War.

Musk repost the sexist post with the comment “interesting observation,” in which many have interpreted it to mean that he supports the given opinion.

The highly dividing post has attracted 19 Million viewers at the time of writing this report and while many female users found the idea that they cannot make decisions on their own without male approval as unpalatable, many others dismissed it as being old school.

As Musk's post has sparked a lot of criticism online. One X user commented, “I love how he's so stupid that he believes saying 'interesting observation' gives him some sort of plausible deniability.”

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Calling out the hypocrisy of the Tesla CEO, another user quipped, “Amazing how all of these 'free-thinking alpha males' reach the same conclusions on everything.”

“I’m a woman and I ask “is the true?” all the time, dipshit. For instance, “is this absurd opinion that’s written as fact true?” NO!,” a third user wrote, while the fourth one added, “Critical thinking isn’t exclusive to a select few; it’s enriched by the varied experiences of all people. A thriving society draws strength from inclusion, not elitism.”

Yann LeCun, chief AI expert at Meta, asked Musk, “So, you've gone full-throttle sexist now?” He then pointed out errors in the hypothesis.

The following day Musk shared a meme on X that asked the same question regarding the ability of individuals to develop original thoughts and opinions.

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