Crack-Up Capitalism: How Billionaire Elon Musk's Extremism Is Shaping Trump Admin & Global Politics
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#6TC23)
Billionaire Trump associate Elon Musk's latest disinformation campaign is targeting the U.K. government, which Musk appears to believe is not sufficiently anti-immigrant. Musk, who has already shaped the incoming Trump administration's economic policy by proposing cuts to government spending and tech-oriented privatization of services, signifies a new era" in American politics, says our guest Quinn Slobodian, who is chronicling right-wing tech billionaires' accelerating attempts to mold the world according to their destructive" and nihilist" beliefs. In a far-reaching conversation, Slobodian touches on Musk's clear admiration of authoritarian strongmen, market deregulation and white supremacist rhetoric.