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Efficiency − or empire? How Elon Musk’s hostile takeover could end government as we know it

The Cryptic DispatchFebruary 11, 2025 EST

Reading Time: 7 minutesGranting tech leaders direct control over government functions fundamentally alters the relationship between private power and public governance.

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