Elon's Takeover Is in Full Swing & It's Terrifying (w/ Anne Applebaum) | Bulwark Podcast

Описание: If the Chinese hacked the U.S. government the way private citizen Elon has, it would be a major act of cyber warfare. And since Elon is a government contractor, he's now in a position to make policy calls that benefit his own companies and hurt his competitors—following the Russian oligarch model. We are in a completely lawless realm, and this is likely to continue until he is stopped. Meanwhile, government employees are being forced to choose between conforming or protecting the public. Plus, Elon is also sabotaging America's soft power and influence in Africa while he and the other tech overlords plot how to derail Europe's effort to regulate them. Anne Applebaum joins Tim Miller.

show notes
Wired article on the young, inexperienced engineers helping Elon
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk...

Anne's 2020 piece about complicity (gifted)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...

Josh Marshall's piece about Elon's operative already rewriting code at the Treasury Department
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/...

Book Anne mentioned, "The Captive Mind"
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo...

Anne's piece, "Europe's Elon Musk Problem" (gifted)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...

0:00 America’s Elon Musk problem
4:53 DC prosecutor protects Musk
10:46 Resisting Musk
22:30 American Giant
24:45 Musk co-opting media
28:30 USAID turmoil
39:30 Europe & Musk
47:00 PrizePicks
49:50 Trade war bluff
52:45 Tulsi confirmation
54:18 Ukraine rare earth metals deal
57:18 How does Trump 2.0 meet expectations?

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