Elon Musk replied to a viral post on British rule in India with a single emoji and sparked outrage.
X user Freedomain - with Stefan Molyneux, MA @StefanMolyneux had shared a post saying, “If Indians set foot in England and become English. Then the English who set foot in India became Indian. Therefore the English did not rule India." The Tesla CEO reacted to the viral post, which has over 23 million views, with a thinking emoji. His post has drawn crticism from users.
Musk’s reply to the British rule in India post soon went viral more than 21 million views. The post drew criticism with many Indian users pointing out to the tech billionaire that “colonisation and immigration are not the same thing.”
Social media users school Elon Musk
Replying to Musk’s post, one user said “If you want to defend the indefensible - have the spine to admit that you agree with the racist bigotry behind colonization. The way the British Empire depicted their enslaved colony India in their political cartoons is enough to let us know exactly how Indian the British were.”
“What Brit’s did to India is in no way comparable to legal immigration of Indians to UK,” said a second user.
“You already tweaked your algorithm to spread hate against Indians,” another lashed out.
“You and your dumb logic. True Q.E.D will be when Indians in UK loot Trillions of UK's wealth and send it to India, take over power in UK, enslave the population and starve millions to death like Churchill did,” said a fourth.
“There’s a big difference between someone legally joining Tesla with proper documents and someone invading, overthrowing you and declaring they’ll run the company,” commented another user.
“What logic is this? Even if for moment we take the argument at face value that the English who set foot in Indian became Indian, were English in India making the laws for India or was it the British Parliament, elected by English in England which was making the laws for India?” another user said.
X user Freedomain - with Stefan Molyneux, MA @StefanMolyneux had shared a post saying, “If Indians set foot in England and become English. Then the English who set foot in India became Indian. Therefore the English did not rule India." The Tesla CEO reacted to the viral post, which has over 23 million views, with a thinking emoji. His post has drawn crticism from users.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 2, 2025
Musk’s reply to the British rule in India post soon went viral more than 21 million views. The post drew criticism with many Indian users pointing out to the tech billionaire that “colonisation and immigration are not the same thing.”
Social media users school Elon Musk
Replying to Musk’s post, one user said “If you want to defend the indefensible - have the spine to admit that you agree with the racist bigotry behind colonization. The way the British Empire depicted their enslaved colony India in their political cartoons is enough to let us know exactly how Indian the British were.”
“What Brit’s did to India is in no way comparable to legal immigration of Indians to UK,” said a second user.
“You already tweaked your algorithm to spread hate against Indians,” another lashed out.
“You and your dumb logic. True Q.E.D will be when Indians in UK loot Trillions of UK's wealth and send it to India, take over power in UK, enslave the population and starve millions to death like Churchill did,” said a fourth.
“There’s a big difference between someone legally joining Tesla with proper documents and someone invading, overthrowing you and declaring they’ll run the company,” commented another user.
“What logic is this? Even if for moment we take the argument at face value that the English who set foot in Indian became Indian, were English in India making the laws for India or was it the British Parliament, elected by English in England which was making the laws for India?” another user said.
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