Dark Shadows under the Ivory Tower: An Approach to Elon Musk's Ideology
Journal: Journal of Illiberalism Studies
Year: 2024

Though he is primarily renowned for his technological ventures, Elon Musk’s ideological turn has not gone unnoticed. He advocates a society based on the rule of an entrepreneurial tech-elite. A former progressive techno-libertarian, Musk is radicalizing, undergoing a similar illiberal phase as many political actors today. This ideological maturation is possible due to the patterns shared between Silicon Valley’s neoliberal techno-solutionism and illiberalism. At the origin of this transition res