“The Fagin figure leading Elon Musk’s merry band of pubescent sovereignty pickpockets” (07 Feb 2025) – #Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/07/broccoli-hair-brownshirts/
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"While we truly live in an age of ascendant monsters who have hijacked our country, our economy, and our imaginations, there is one consolation: the small cohort of brilliant, driven writers who have these monsters' number, and will share it with us."
"But for me, it was [Maureen] Tkacik – as usual – in the pages of The American Prospect who pulled it all together in a way that finally made it make sense, transforming the blitzkreig Muskian chaos into a recognizable playbook. While most of the coverage of Musk's wrecking crew has focused on the broccoli-haired Gen Z brownshirts ..., Tkacik homes in on their boss, Tom Krause ... "
https://prospect.org/power/2025-02-06-private-equity-hatchet-man-leading-lost-boys-of-doge/