https://bylinetimes.com/2026/04/17/how-elon-musk-and-the-tech-billionaires-hija… Created Sat, 18/04/2026 - 00:00 Updated Sat, 18/04/2026 - 00:00 Historian Quinn Slobodian tells Byline Times that Elon Musk's rise tells a deeper story—of fortunes built on state power, and a new politics where humans are treated less as citizens than as systems to be optimised Tags Algorithmic Capture Democracy disinformation elon musk Political Science