He gave the salute. Your attempt to re-write reality will not work.

"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." (George Orwell, 1984)

> I don't think Elon gave a Nazi salute

He gave two fascist salutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smQNNo2a9xc

> I think that comparison is based on superficial mechanistic similarities

It looks exactly the same. These guys think so: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-mus...

This guy too: https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/1i68puj/have_we_l...

Sometimes things are exactly as they appear to be.