The ‘Musk-eteer’ dismantling America

By Paul Monk

Elon Musk has been a shooting star. His ambitions and his energy have been awe-inspiring to observe, from banking to electric cars to space and social media, there seemed to be nothing he couldn’t do; nothing he couldn’t transform.

Five years ago, I read Anna Crowley Redding’s brief biography of the man, Elon Musk: A Mission to Save the World, and was astonished at what he had achieved. I re-read it last week and was equally astonished.

I read the book a second time because Musk had been catapulted into power in Washington DC and was beginning to dismantle both the bureaucratic world and the US constitution. To be honest, I wasn’t paying attention at first. But it has become something which no responsible person can ignore. 

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