The tech mogul Elon Musk, already infamous for controversial statements and unconventional leadership, surprised everyone by comparing Brazil’s Chief Justice to Voldemort, that very famous antagonist from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. The comparison came after “X” the social media platform formerly known as Twitter said they are shutting down their operations within the country of Brazil.
Clash Between Elon Musk And Chief Justice of Brazil
On Saturday, social media platform “X” announced that it is going to shutdown its operations in Brazil “effective immediately “ but the users in Brazil would still have access to X. The company made a statement on this incident that said, “We are deeply saddened that we have been forced to make this decision.” For this decision, the company said that the responsibility of this decision “lies solely” with the Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes. Earlier this year, Moraes had ordered “X” to block some accounts on its platform that were accused of spreading false information and hate messages. This incident occurred as Moraes said he wanted to fight misinformation spread online.
Comparison With Voldemort
Elon Musk trolled the Chief Justice of Brazil by comparing Moraes to the infamous villain from Harry Porter known as Voldemort. Elon Musk took to his “X” account to post side-by-side images of Alexandre de Moraes and Voldemort. The picture selected by Musk of Moraes was seen in similar attire as of Voldemort. Alike Voldemort, Moraes in the photo is also seen wearing a black cloak and both of them have bald head. This comparative photos was posted by Musk with the caption, “The resemblance is uncanny. Alexandre de Voldemort.”
Netizen’s Reaction
Most of the people in the comment section were seen trolling Moraes. A user wrote, “I feel bad for Voldemort.” Another said, “To be honest, Voldemort was nicer.” A netizen wrote, “Spot the difference in these two photos, you can’t. Anyone else find it crazy world leaders and corrupt judges are literally warping into super villains?” A user called out Musk for disrespecting Brazil court’s uniform by writing, “Interesting, just another estadunidense disrespecting the symbolic costumes of the Supreme Court of Brazil.” A user thanked Musk by writing, “Brazil needs to free itself from this dictator, Thank you @elonmusk.”