How Elon Musk is colonizing the future.

"Muskism" defines a contemporary political-economic order where private infrastructure providers, exemplified by Elon Musk, achieve power through state symbiosis rather than traditional neoliberal market competition. This system replaces democratic consensus with a "code-first" logic, treating society as a software base to be optimized and cleansed of "bugs" like empathy or dissent. By integrating private ventures into critical state functions—such as war-fighting and satellite communication—Muskism creates a new dependency, forcing the state to rely on private actors for sovereignty. The acquisition of platforms like Twitter illustrates the risks of this model, as information environments are increasingly enclosed within reactionary, AI-driven ecosystems. This shift signals a move away from pluralistic, contentious public spheres toward a future where accountability is obscured by the spectacle of private, machine-led governance.