descriptionA look into how the tech leaders may be using the new administration to achieve their own agenda. Looking specifically at Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, ...

[Pictured: Donald Trump and Elon Musk in Boca Chica, Texas, November 19, 2024. [Credit: AP Photo/Brandon Bell] The United States was formed via a bourgeois revolution where a new ruling class (merchant slaveowners turned capitalists) replaced an old ruling class (monarchy). The next step towar

Last night, we visited Tesla’s European HQ in Amsterdam to tell the story of how one of the world’s richest people bought the ‘digital town square’, then used it to peddle disinformation and help push Donald Trump to victory. There are many reasons why Trump won the US election. But the use of vast oligarchic wealth, like Elon Musk’s, to change our media environment is a key part of the story. Trump’s victory could add 4bn tonnes of CO2 to US emissions by 2030. Despite owning an electric car company, Musk is now a dangerous impediment to climate action.