• If private property is organized along anti democratic lines, inherently dictatorial and tyrannical, marked by arbitrary and invidious distinctions, injurious to, exploitative of and oppressing the great masses subject to its rule, is it any wonder that the gold standard for the contemporary corporate executive is to be found in the psychological theory of the Dark Triad–that unique pathological combination of self absorption, absolute lack of empathy, and ruthless quest for power?
  • See Elon Musk smoke weed. See him demanding and receiving obscene tax breaks for a battery factory in Sparks, Nevada. See the economic footprint of that factory immediately spike rents and fill trailer parks to overflowing, the dazed residents dislodged from multigenerational housing to become nomadic Amazon distribution center gig workers, their homes now on four wheels. See Elon throw a tantrum and initiate a petulant plan to take his toys from the sandbox and go private. See Elon change his mind. See Elon display delusions of grandeur and describe himself, in all seriousness, as a socialist.
  • See Elon. Hear Elon. Read Elon. Watch Elon. Elon. Elon. Musk. Musk.
  • The type of democracy we have is exemplified by the kind of freak Musk is. Until very recently, the quality of news coverage he has received can only be faithfully rendered as fourth estate fellatio. A celebrity sociopath who is at the apex of a political and economic system that increasingly demands, and receives, leaders that fit the personality disorder of the Dark Triad–narcissism, sociopathy and a Machiavellian quest for power. Trump is, of course, the other exemplar.