Originally published at: Elon Musk and the the Threat of the Over-Mighty Subject, Part II - TPM – Talking Points Memo
This post is a second part of a post from March 11th of the same name placing Elon Musk in the tradition of the “over-mighty subjects,” a more common phenomenon a half millennium ago. The historical analogues to Musk were those magnates that were so powerful, both in wealth and the capacity to make war,…
