We might laugh at this, but in the Philippines, executing drug dealers was a real thing under Duterte. It was supported enthusiastically by a majority of Philippines voters.
Under Musk, some of the supporting video documentation of the Orange Puffaroon's comments have been suppressed:
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1590007440095219712
When you have a mega-billionaire (Musk) who is sitting in the skybox with Rupert Murdoch at the Super Bowl and changing the algorithms to support his right wing tweets, it's impossible to not take this stuff seriously.
Fox News has already brainwashed 30% of the nation. Musk has the power to brainwash more, especially the mindless numbskulls who blindly worship him.
Remember where Musk is from: South Africa, the land of apartheid not so long ago.
I can honestly see the day where, under a Trump or DeSantis administration, executions are televised and packaged like TV Reality shows.
"This week on "He Gets His", watch known Drug Dealer Julio Valdez get fried!"
Laugh if you want, but anyone who doesn't believe mind manipulation happens hasn't been paying attention during the last six years.