Elon Musk likes to attack circles of power. It’s as if he’s on a mission.
Nothing seems to motivate him more than slapping a revered institution or icon. He seems to be committed to challenging all forms of representations of power.
During the past few weeks, the Techno King, as he’s known at Tesla (TSLA) – Get Free Report, has lashed out at Anthony Fauci, the immunologist who was the face of America’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
This despite the risks that such an attack could backfire on Musk, and more specifically on some of his companies, like Tesla. The electric-vehicle leader’s customer base is made up largely of progressives, who in turn are often ardent defenders of Fauci.
But none of that has stopped Musk, who has said he wants Dr. Fauci prosecuted.
Via his Twitter microblogging platform, he even promised covid files that would denounce what he considers the totalitarianism of the health authorities as they responded to the pandemic. These covid files were also supposed to expose Dr. Fauci.
Musk then attacked the World Economic Forum, the last convention of which has just concluded in Davos, Switzerland. The billionaire accused the forum of acting like an unpopular world government. He has thus taken up the discourse of the anti-elite and anti-globalists of all political stripes.
“WEF is increasingly becoming an unelected world government that the people never asked for and don’t want,” the tech tycoon blasted out on Jan. 18.
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His charge against Davos has amped up criticism of the gathering of global economic and political elites and civil-society figures.
If Musk, the second richest man in the world, strongly criticizes a circle made up of people just as rich as he is, forum critics say, his remarks serve to prove that Davos is not fulfilling the mission it set for itself.
“The World Economic Forum meeting in Davos has become largely irrelevant, little more than an exercise in self-congratulation for the world’s elites to convince themselves that they’re making a difference,” blasted…
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