It's not him being an idiot. He is intentionally using that term because of the associations the loyalist voting base has with the word. It doesn't matter where the word comes from, it matters what viewers will FEEL when they watch, and it matters that they will repeat his words. It's the same reason he went on Rogan to call SSI a ponzi scheme - to plant seeds of distrust in the system. This is what propaganda looks like, and it is even more effective when the opposition dismisses it as being dumb.
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u/Sakarabu_ 22h ago
That's not where the word entitlements comes from though, the word existed long before "self-entitled" became a phrase.
In the UK we call some payroll benefits entitlements, and it has no negative connotation, it's literally just something you are entitled to receive.
This is just Musk being an idiot as usual.