The Emperor Has No Spacesuit: Elon Musk and the Fall of a Techno-Tyrant

From baby cults to labor surveillance, disinformation, and delusions of grandeur, Musk’s descent reveals a man better at mimicry than mastery.

It used to be said that when Elon Musk tweeted, markets moved. Now, when he tweets, assuming he does, it’s to repost conspiracy dreck from QAnon influencers, amplify far-right memes, or mutter something half-formed about birthrates or efficiency. His once-symphonic stream of chaos has slowed to a limp trickle, his social feed littered with bargain-bin p…