Jan 22 2025 74 mins 2
Elon Musk is the most symptomatic capitalist of our era: obsessed with publicity, by many accounts a fanatical workaholic, and increasingly in bed with the far right.
But how did he go from Obama-era liberal darling to giving a Nazi salute at Trump's second inauguration?
Historian of ideas Quinn Slobodian has traced the relationship between big tech and the far right for years. His books include Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism and Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy.
He speaks to Eleanor Penny about the world that made Elon Musk possible.
Quinn Slobodian previously appeared on Novara FM in late 2023 in an episode called 'New Cities, Old Scams'.
But how did he go from Obama-era liberal darling to giving a Nazi salute at Trump's second inauguration?
Historian of ideas Quinn Slobodian has traced the relationship between big tech and the far right for years. His books include Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism and Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy.
He speaks to Eleanor Penny about the world that made Elon Musk possible.
Quinn Slobodian previously appeared on Novara FM in late 2023 in an episode called 'New Cities, Old Scams'.
