Elon Musk’s Final Plan: A Dangerous Blueprint For World Domination

from Taylor Lorenz’s Power User · host Taylor Lorenz

Elon Musk has evolved far beyond a billionaire CEO. SUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at usermag.co Support my work on Patreon for bonus episodes, monthly Q&A livestreams, and more: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenz According to political theorists Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff, Musk has created an entirely new ideology called “Muskism” — a system where technology companies merge with state power, AI shapes politics, and billionaires become more powerful than governments.In this episode of Free Speech Friday, I sit down with Quinn Slobodian, co-author of the new book Muskism, to break down how Elon Musk’s worldview went from Silicon Valley optimism to tech authoritarianism. We discuss Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink, Neuralink, AI censorship, OpenAI, Grok, surveillance, DOGE, data centers, Silicon Valley’s shift toward defense tech, and why Musk’s influence now reaches into every part of society.We also unpack:Elon Musk’s political transformationThe rise of MuskismAI paranoia and “woke AI”Why Silicon Valley is embracing militarizationMusk’s obsession with reproduction and population declineHow SpaceX and Starlink could reshape global powerThe future of AI and surveillance capitalismWhy tech billionaires are becoming impossible to escape

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