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        <title><![CDATA[Elon Musk slams ‘fascist’ coronavirus lockdowns in Tesla earnings call]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday night doubled-down on his criticism of the coronavirus lockdowns that have shut down life in the United States, calling public officials&#8217; directives to stay home &#8220;fascist.&#8221;</p><p>The billionaire&#8217;s expletive-filled outburst came during Tesla&#8217;s earnings call, where the electric automaker was celebrating its <strong>third consecutive quarterly profit</strong>.</p><p>On the topic of California&#8217;s ongoing <strong>shelter-in-place order</strong> — which requires people to stay home unless they work at a business that provides essential services — Musk said he &#8220;would call it forcible imprisoning&#8221; and robbed Americans of &#8220;their constitutional rights.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s breaking people&#8217;s freedoms in ways that are horrible and wrong and not why they came to America or built this country,&#8221; Musk said. &#8220;What the f&#8211;k? Excuse me. Outrage.&#8221;</p><p>He continued on to add that the lockdowns will cause &#8220;great harm&#8221; to many companies, and that not all companies will be able to weather an extended shutdown as well as Tesla.</p><p>&#8220;If somebody wants to stay in their house, that&#8217;s great,&#8221; Musk said. &#8220;But saying they can&#8217;t leave their house and that they will be arrested if they do — that&#8217;s fascist.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;That isn&#8217;t democratic,&#8221; he added. &#8220;This is not freedom. Give people back their god damn freedom.&#8221;</p><p>A representative for Tesla did not immediately respond to The Post&#8217;s request for comment.</p><p>The South Africa-born executive&#8217;s comments came less than 24 hours after he <strong>lashed out against the lockdowns on Twitter</strong> to his more than 33 million followers.</p><p>“FREE AMERICA NOW,” Musk tweeted at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday.</p><p>The 48-year-old tech tycoon crowed “Bravo Texas!” in an earlier post hailing the Lone Star State for moving to reopen restaurants and retail stores this week. His praise came a week after Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said the state should lift restrictions because “there are more important things than living.”</p><p>Musk also shared a Sunday op-ed in The Wall Street Journal arguing that severe shutdowns have not helped save many lives.</p><p>“Give people their freedom back!” Musk wrote.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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