He thought he was building the future. In truth, he was destroying himself. When Musk declared, “The people have spoken,” he genuinely believed he was echoing the voice of democracy. But in reality, it was merely the reverberation of his own algorithm—a virtual...
Jobs could reflect. Musk can only unravel. It is tempting to compare Elon Musk to Steve Jobs. Both are visionary entrepreneurs, master showmen, and icons of innovation. But the comparison ends where character begins. When Jobs was ousted from Apple, he was in his...
What he calls “the voice of the people” is just the sound of his own algorithm. In ancient times, tyrants invoked the gods. In digital times, they invoke the algorithm. Musk’s favorite phrase — vox populi, vox Dei (“the voice of the people is the...
If you mess up politics, the markets will not forgive you. Musk may see himself as untouchable — too brilliant to be disciplined, too indispensable to be replaced. But capital is not loyal to ego. It is loyal to returns. And political recklessness has a price. From a...
Hoping to punish Trump, he ends up helping Biden’s successor. The genius of the American two-party system is not just in how it excludes outsiders — but in how it punishes internal defection. And Musk, for all his bluster, is staging the most damaging defection...
In America, the two-party system is not a preference. It is a mechanism. It is tempting to think of parties as brands that rise and fall with the mood of the people. But in the United States, the two-party system is more than a legacy — it is a fortress of structure,...
