Emeritus Prof. Christopher May@ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk

Why is the world's richest man, Elon Musk, who you might think would be focussed on how SpaceX can live up to its astronomical (pun intended) valuation, actually more focussed (at least on social media) on British politics & his growing support for the far right?

Apart from taking joy in his 'interference' its difficult (for me at least) to understand why he's so interested..... unless its just an environment where he (seemingly) can act with impunity?

#politics

theguardian.com/technology/202

the GuardianElon Musk posted twice as often on UK race and immigration as about SpaceX in IPO run-upGuardian analysis of X feed shows how keen world’s richest person was to air his views and ‘interfere’ in British politics
MostlyTato@MostlyTato@mstdn.social

Replying to an earlier post

@ChrisMayLA6
Brexit Britain is the perfect beach-head to exploit his narrative across the smoking remains of the EU...

"Musk has become a kind of digital necromancer, like the white wizard Saruman, using his privileged position in the West to channel the dark autocracy of Sauron in his Kremlin towers to the east. (Perhaps, as in Tolkien’s epic, Musk deploys an all-seeing ‘Palantir’ courtesy of his tech ally and fellow South African Peter Thiel"

bylinetimes.com/2025/01/25/how

Byline TimesFrom Z to X: How Russian Information Warfare Primed the World for Trump and Musk“Money and information are the twin tactical nukes of modern politics” according to Steve Bannon. But the the seeds for this tech dystopia were sown more than a decade ago
Jul 4, 2026, 17:34 UTCen