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How Elon Musk redefined power

Summary by New Statesman
In 2025, Elon Musk took on an extraordinary role inside Washington, leading something called the Department of Government Efficiency – or Doge. What followed was a radical experiment: an attempt to remake the machinery of the state using the logic of Silicon Valley and the language of memes. To understand that moment, it helps to understand Musk himself. This is a figure shaped by his upbringing in apartheid South Africa and by coming of age alo…

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How Elon Musk redefined power

In 2025, Elon Musk took on an extraordinary role inside Washington, leading something called the Department of Government Efficiency – or Doge. What followed was a radical experiment: an attempt to remake the machinery of the state using the logic of Silicon Valley and the language of memes. To understand that moment, it helps to understand Musk himself. This is a figure shaped by his upbringing in apartheid South Africa and by coming of age alo…

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