The “World War Z” Border Fight

Elon Musk turned a mass crossing into Spain's Ceuta enclave into an X fight over the line between dark humor and dehumanizing language. 123

On July 30–31, Spanish officials said roughly 50,000 people crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, with a local estimate as high as 60,000. Reuters and AP reported that 48,300 had returned to Morocco by Friday evening and that 57 bodies had been recovered on the Spanish side. Musk first posted a World War Z clip, then real footage, while separately describing the event as an "invasion." 456

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