The article explores Elon Musk's growing political influence and the concerns it raises about the concentration of wealth and power. It highlights his significant financial contributions to Donald Trump's campaign and his appointment as the federal efficiency tsar, a position that gives him significant sway over federal policy and regulation.
Of immediate concern is the ease with which Elon Musk ’s limitless money has allowed him to buy his way to the pinnacle of political power. Nick Candy and Nigel Farage of the UK's far-right Reform party during their meeting with with Elon Musk (centre) at Mar-a-Lago. Photograph: Stuart Mitchell/Reform UK/PA Wire On New Year’s Day it should be possible to dredge up some inspiring thoughts about the year ahead. It’s difficult to do anything but peer fearfully around corners instead.
After a year that hardly shored up the case for humanity’s continued existence, the world’s richest man responded to a recent article about underfunded and understaffed converted hotels for homeless people in San Francisco with this: “In most cases, the word ‘homeless’ is a lie. It’s usually a propaganda word for violent drug addicts with severe mental illness.” That was Elon Musk who, in June, tweeted, “just to be super clear, I am not donating money to either candidate for US President” and by November 5th had spent nearly $300 million organising the ground game that swung the swing states for Donald Trump. The bet paid off handsomely. Since election day, Musk has seen his Tesla stock rise by $170 billion. His fortune is now reckoned to beLetters to the Editor, December 13th: On queuing for food, rural Ireland and Christmas in DublinThe bet also bought him a berth superglued to Trump’s hip and the Oval Office as the new federal efficiency tsar. The one who finds regulators – such as the Federal Aviation Administration, the authority in charge of approving launch licences for rockets – extremely irksome for his businesses now has a key role in shaping federal policy and regulation, advising which programmes to eliminate and which to retain. His attitude to workers’ safety and wellbeing within his own environment give little grounds for reassuranc
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