Elon Musk seeks to install himself as global dictator – and 'so far it's working': expert
Elon Musk is building a framework to dominate the global political order with himself standing above nation states, according to an expert analysis.The tech mogul and the world's richest man injected hundreds of millions of dollars into Donald Trump's re-election campaign and is said to be sitting by his side as something like an unelected co-president, and political commentator Elad Nehorai published a column for MSNBC analyzing the billionaire's authoritarian ambitions."Musk’s embrace of the far right has meant backing parties with authoritarian leanings, including Germany’s AfD," Nehorai wrote. "But in truth, Musk doesn’t want a government-centric authoritarianism like fascism. He wants a world in which business swallows government and becomes the actual ruling class. And to understand the larger narrative, we need to examine the strategy he has taken in the United States."ALSO READ: Trump intel advisor Devin Nunes still dismisses Russian election meddling as a 'hoax'Like Trump, the South Africa-born Tesla CEO is looking to bring down the U.S. liberal establishment and hollow out the federal government, which Nehorai said was intended to give Musk a powerful influence over the country without facing voters, because he is constitutionally prohibited from running for president."Recently appointed as the co-head of a new Department of Government Efficiency, he wants to massively cut the federal government’s budget and workforce," Nehorai wrote. "This is not an attempt to be efficient; it’s an attempt to destroy the regulatory bodies and bureaucracies that will get in the way of complete control of the government."Americans saw Musk flex his new political power last month, when he effectively killed a bipartisan government funding agreement by posting a litany of false claims about the bill – which would have made it harder for Tesla to expand into China, and the bill that eventually passed no longer had those restrictions on U.S. companies investing in China."Musk doesn’t just want to destroy the American government’s infrastructure," Nehorai wrote. "He wants to be more powerful than the government itself. And he is well on his way to achieving his goal. While many are rightly concerned about the damage Donald Trump could inflict on democracy, Musk’s ambitions extend far beyond, threatening to create a system where corporate power eclipses Trump and the government itself."Nehorai compared Musk to robber barons of the Gilded Age like John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie, but he said Musk controls technologies like space exploration, energy and global communications – which form the foundations of modern national security – and he said his ambitions go far beyond influencing the U.S. government for his personal gain."His desire to go to space and inhabit Mars is not just a dream: He is building the infrastructure to make it happen," Nehorai wrote. "The same can be said about Musk’s ambitions in America. He wants to be more powerful than the president. Which would make him an unelected, technocratic dictator: a figure who wields immense authority without the accountability of democratic oversight."He's been trying to influence politics in Britain and Germany using his perch as owner of the social media network X, and he has demonstrated power to shape the conflict in Ukraine using his Starlink satellite communications network, and Nehorai said the tech mogul intended to become world dictator."From his actions in Britain to his influence in Germany, Musk is building a framework for domination, using corporate power as his tool to control governments and reshape nations in his image," Nehorai wrote. "His goal is not just to dominate America, but to install himself as the unelected ruler of a new global order, wielding authority unchecked by elections or oversight. And so far, he is succeeding."
Elon Musk is building a framework to dominate the global political order with himself standing above nation states, according to an expert analysis.
The tech mogul and the world's richest man injected hundreds of millions of dollars into Donald Trump's re-election campaign and is said to be sitting by his side as something like an unelected co-president, and political commentator Elad Nehorai published a column for MSNBC analyzing the billionaire's authoritarian ambitions.
"Musk’s embrace of the far right has meant backing parties with authoritarian leanings, including Germany’s AfD," Nehorai wrote. "But in truth, Musk doesn’t want a government-centric authoritarianism like fascism. He wants a world in which business swallows government and becomes the actual ruling class. And to understand the larger narrative, we need to examine the strategy he has taken in the United States."
ALSO READ: Trump intel advisor Devin Nunes still dismisses Russian election meddling as a 'hoax'
Like Trump, the South Africa-born Tesla CEO is looking to bring down the U.S. liberal establishment and hollow out the federal government, which Nehorai said was intended to give Musk a powerful influence over the country without facing voters, because he is constitutionally prohibited from running for president.
"Recently appointed as the co-head of a new Department of Government Efficiency, he wants to massively cut the federal government’s budget and workforce," Nehorai wrote. "This is not an attempt to be efficient; it’s an attempt to destroy the regulatory bodies and bureaucracies that will get in the way of complete control of the government."
Americans saw Musk flex his new political power last month, when he effectively killed a bipartisan government funding agreement by posting a litany of false claims about the bill – which would have made it harder for Tesla to expand into China, and the bill that eventually passed no longer had those restrictions on U.S. companies investing in China.
"Musk doesn’t just want to destroy the American government’s infrastructure," Nehorai wrote. "He wants to be more powerful than the government itself. And he is well on his way to achieving his goal. While many are rightly concerned about the damage Donald Trump could inflict on democracy, Musk’s ambitions extend far beyond, threatening to create a system where corporate power eclipses Trump and the government itself."
Nehorai compared Musk to robber barons of the Gilded Age like John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie, but he said Musk controls technologies like space exploration, energy and global communications – which form the foundations of modern national security – and he said his ambitions go far beyond influencing the U.S. government for his personal gain.
"His desire to go to space and inhabit Mars is not just a dream: He is building the infrastructure to make it happen," Nehorai wrote. "The same can be said about Musk’s ambitions in America. He wants to be more powerful than the president. Which would make him an unelected, technocratic dictator: a figure who wields immense authority without the accountability of democratic oversight."
He's been trying to influence politics in Britain and Germany using his perch as owner of the social media network X, and he has demonstrated power to shape the conflict in Ukraine using his Starlink satellite communications network, and Nehorai said the tech mogul intended to become world dictator.
"From his actions in Britain to his influence in Germany, Musk is building a framework for domination, using corporate power as his tool to control governments and reshape nations in his image," Nehorai wrote. "His goal is not just to dominate America, but to install himself as the unelected ruler of a new global order, wielding authority unchecked by elections or oversight. And so far, he is succeeding."
