{"product_id":"muskism-a-guide-for-the-perplexed","title":"Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003eMost Anticipated Nonfiction Book of the Year - A \u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003eMost Anticipated Nonfiction Book of Spring 2026- A\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub \u003c\/i\u003eMost Anticipated Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA pyrotechnic examination of Elon Musk as a symptom and avatar of our postliberal age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone's got an Elon take. He's a messiah. A menace; a genius; a clown. The verdicts differ, but they share one theme: they treat him as an individual.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMuskism\u003c\/i\u003e argues otherwise. Elon Musk isn't a glitch in the system--he is the system. His worldview promises sovereignty through technology: plug in, power up, and become self-reliant. But the more you connect, the more he owns you.\u003cbr\u003eIf Fordism defined the capitalism of the twentieth century, Muskism may define the twenty-first. Fordism helped build the welfare state. Musk undoes it. He thrives on dependence while preaching freedom. His cars run on subsidies; his satellites run the battlefield; his social networks train the AI that trains us.\u003cbr\u003eMuskism sells itself as the future but entrenches age-old hierarchies. It offers autonomy for some and exclusion for others. It's pro-natalist but anti-immigrant, futurist but reactionary. It speaks of humanity but warns against empathy.\u003cbr\u003eQuinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff cut through the hype and the hate to reveal what Musk really represents: a new political economy, where to be \"free\" means to serve a Technoking. Muskism isn't about the man. It's about the machine that made him--and the world he's making next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0063484323\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780063484320\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Slobodian, Quinn, Tarnoff, Ben\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Harper\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"HardCover (Apr 2026)","offer_id":45937580638405,"sku":"9780063484320","price":28.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780063484320_fe40abc6-fb3a-45b5-8a56-17bd4877256d.jpg?v=1772881096","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/muskism-a-guide-for-the-perplexed","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}