Elon Musk: The Left Wants Censorship — That Makes Them the Bad Guys

Elon Musk: The left wants to restrict freedom of speech, which makes them the bad guys.

“You can tell which side is the good side and which side is the bad side by which side wishes to restrict freedom of speech. The side that is restricting freedom of speech, that would have been the Hitlers, Stalins, Mussolinis of the world. They had very strong censorship, very strong restrictions on speech. That's one of the signs that they are the bad guys.

In fact, restriction on speech and large government are fundamentally fascist, obviously. So ironically, in pushing for censorship, it makes it very clear that the left is the side that is against freedom. And freedom of speech is simply one of many freedoms that we should have as a civil society. Because ideas should win on the strength of their arguments, they should not win because they are suppressed.”

Interview with Matteo Salvini, April 5, 2025