We all need to remember (if we ever really knew) that Elon Musk grew up in an all-white area of apartheid South Africa. He knows nothing of the USA’s democratic (lower case “d”) traditions and American history. They mean nothing to him.
He detests Black Africa and its descendants here in the USA. Maintaining democratic policies and people decision-making and citizen approval of policies, have no place in his mindset. Machines and computers are his life blood and anything he can do to advance them is therefore good for his equilibrium.
Musk came to America on scholarships after attending a Canadian university. He overstayed his visa but somehow managed to declare himself a citizen and have it upheld by officials in Texas. So be it. But now he wants to restructure this country along the lines of his understanding of his past — things anathema to our nation’s history and traditions.
As long as he is effectively co-president with Trump, we can’t expect democracy (again with a lower case “d”) to play any role in stopping him or Trump. American democracy elected Trump (and therefore him) and now he will work to destroy that democracy.
Jeanné Schulte Matthews
Oak Park