Publicado em 2025-02-12 21:57:12
Elon Musk is no longer just a visionary entrepreneur. Over the past few years, he has become a figure with disproportionate power over strategic sectors of the U.S., from space exploration to military communications. His influence extends to defense, artificial intelligence, and even public opinion through his ownership of X (formerly Twitter).
The most alarming aspect of this rise is that it is happening without any effective regulation from the U.S. administration or Congress. This raises a crucial question: Is Musk building a parallel empire, with more power than the U.S. government itself?
Musk controls an impressive array of critical infrastructures and technologies essential to national security:
This level of power concentration in a single individual is unprecedented in modern U.S. history and poses a direct threat to the country’s democratic principles.
The most shocking aspect is not Musk’s growing empire but the passivity of the U.S. administration and Senate in addressing his unchecked power. Several factors explain this inaction:
The consequence of this passivity is clear: a private entrepreneur is accumulating a level of power comparable to that of a state, without being subject to any democratic checks.
If Musk continues on this trajectory, the U.S. risks becoming hostage to a technological oligarchy, where fundamental decisions for the country will be in the hands of billionaires with no obligation to answer to the public or the government.
Today, Musk already interferes in international conflicts and controls essential infrastructures. Tomorrow, his influence on elections, defense, and global geopolitics could be even greater.
If the U.S. administration does not act swiftly to regulate and limit this unchecked power, the science fiction scenario of a country ruled by a tech elite could soon become an irreversible reality.
Francisco Gonçalves
e-mail: francis.goncalves@gmail.com