Ok here’s the thing. Clearly Trump/Musk are trying to dismantle the United States from the top down. But for what purpose? What is the endgame here, and how do we know Trump and Musk agree on that goal?
Let’s say they succeed. Government has dissolved. No regulations, from banking to aviation to food safety. No social security or safety nets. No civil rights. Another pandemic on the horizon. Climate catastrophe. Etc etc. Then what?
Can’t have an empire if the people are all sick and dying. You need peasants, serfs, slaves. People need to be alive in order to punish and exploit them. But this future T&M want, it isn’t compatible with life.
Seriously. What is the ultimate goal here? To occupy Mars? Make it make sense.