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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

I don't think it's a subset - I'd argue it's a superset. Neoliberalism and capitalism work by going over other ideologies and forcing them to comply.

I think if you're trying to drill down on what Musk personally believes you're not going to get anything coherent. Most people (Musk especially) don't have a firm ideological model they adhere to. On the other hand, capitalism motivates everything Musk does, and as one of the richest people on the planet he actually has the resources to change the structure of society to his benefit. As long as he keeps that up he IS neoliberalism no matter how how his other beliefs change.

I kinda agree with your first point. I think it's still important to keep in mind that neoliberalism grew from the ideology of liberalism in the first place, though. The class divide and all isn't just something Thatcher and Reagan drew up on a bender in the 70s. It's a more efficient way of exploiting and developing what was already in place, in terms of culture and economy.

I think delving too deeply into what Musk believes is very difficult and I can't exactly read his mind. Butttt... I still think it's worth analysing. He holds a lot of cultural power and the more people willing to think more about his ideas the better, because I think accepting anything that dude says blindly is actively dangerous at times.

Also, I like semantics and political ideology discussion and am writing about them on Gamefaqs of all things to procrastinate writing my literal thesis on those subjects >_>