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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

The word you're looking for to describe what happens when classic liberalism gets taken over by hypercapitalism is "neoliberal." It can be conservative though because since the main underlying philosophy is adherence to capitalism and money, it fits neatly anywhere around the center of the political spectrum. This definitely describes tech bros like Musk and Yang whose whole philosophy relies around the idea that allowing the tech industry to be unregulated will eventually solve all the world's problems (while making them rich).

Musk is a cultural conservative on some issues (trans rights been mentioned) and as a billionaire his entire empire is built on exploiting workers, apartheid money, racially segregating Tesla plants, etc. so I don't think there should be any problem with calling him on the conservative end of neoliberalism.

Neoliberal works too, although that's obviously a subset of liberalism again. I don't take issue with calling Musk it, but I think his style fits more with the connotations of libertarianism, generally. The key difference to me is the focus on drug laws and political free speech within his brand. To my knowledge, they aren't considered that important in neoliberalism since it focuses on massive institutional and economical structures rather than individual liberties. It's hard to argue that the richest man in the world isn't representative of the ideology which made him that rich, but I do think there's plenty of things he can be called which aren't wrong.