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How Elon Musk and the Tech Billionaires Hijacked the State and Our Minds

The authors say state support, investor hype and founder control helped turn Silicon Valley firms into systems of dependency and political leverage.

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Historian Quinn Slobodian tells Byline Times that Elon Musk's rise tells a deeper story—of fortunes built on state power, and a new politics where humans are treated less as citizens than as systems to be optimised

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How Elon Musk and the Tech Billionaires Hijacked the State and Our Minds

Historian Quinn Slobodian tells Byline Times that Elon Musk's rise tells a deeper story—of fortunes built on state power, and a new politics where humans are treated less as citizens than as systems to be optimised

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Byline Times broke the news on Friday, April 17, 2026.
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