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'We will coup whoever we want ': the unbearable hubris of the tech billionaires
- clouddrover 3y ago> Musk is so fascinated with figures such as Iron Man that he gave a tour of the SpaceX factory to the actor who plays him, Robert Downey Jr, and the film’s director, Jon Favreau. Or, more straightforwardly, Musk gave them a tour because they gave him a cameo in Iron Man 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfiRd4Y5z_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfiRd4Y5z_g > While we should be thankful he has chosen to emulate Augustus instead of, say, Caligula, he is nonetheless aspiring toward the absolute power – and hairstyle – of a Roman dictator Yes, they are authoritarians at heart.