Elon Musk: Reuters
A week before Christmas in 2021, Elon Musk tweeted: “Traceroute woke mind virus”. It referred to a networking command to determine the source of information, in this case the woke culture of progressive social-justice activists. The centi-billionaire believed that it was this that had caused him to become estranged from his transgender daughter.
In the three years since, Elon Musk has gone from sharing memes about fringe cryptocurrencies and promoting clean energy technologies, to spreading extremist conspiracy theories and provoking outrage for an alleged fascist salute at an event on the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration. This transition from an apolitical…