The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.

The repost, later deleted by Musk, said: "Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did.”

Elon Musk has shared a tweet that claimed Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the deaths of millions of people but the public sector workers were