It’s almost like meme “Well, well, well look how the turntables” has come to life. On Saturday morning, Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, SpaceX boss, and serial-meme poster on Twitter, put out a hot take, nobody else seems to possess thought of: Why aren’t The Taliban wearing masks? For those out of the loop on Afghanistan, thousands of Afghans rushed onto the tarmac of Kabul’s international airport Monday, some so wanting to escape the Taliban capture of their country that they held onto an American military jet because it took off and plunged to death in chaos that killed a minimum of seven people. The crowds of individuals rushing the airport came because the Taliban enforced their rule over the broader capital after a lightning advance across the country that took just over per week to dethrone the country’s Western-backed government. While there have been no major reports of abuses, many stayed home and remained fearful because the insurgents’ advance saw prisons emptied and armories looted. Since the takeover, the airport has been chaos — while several photos of the Taliban show them ‘settling’ into life in Kabul, by enjoying icecream, riding green rides, and even having a tea-party.
Most of the photos of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan had one thing missing: Face masks. Elon Musk, picked au fait just this. Tweeting a photograph of the Taliban without masks captioned “not one f**king mask.”
