Elon Musk shared a quote supposedly from French philosopher Voltaire on Saturday to make a joke about kids with leukemia. But it's completely fake.

A post online features French writer and philosopher Voltaire along with a purported quote by him. The quote is from an American white nationalist.

The quote was not Voltaire’s. It’s been traced to Kevin Alfred Strom, a white supremacist and neo-Nazi who said something similar during an anti-Semitic radio broadcast in 1993.

"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize" is a paraphrase of words written by a neo-Nazi.

The Kentucky Jewish Council criticized Massie's use of this oft-misattributed quote. Often attributed to Voltaire, the quote comes from a neo-Nazi.

Twitter users on Saturday were quick to point out that a quote shared by CEO Elon Musk had been misattributed to Voltaire – when it had in fact originated with a neo-Nazi. The billionaire ...

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