Elon Musk was once the poster child for the environmentalism and techno-accelerationism that defined 2010s corporate culture. In his Time Person of the Year interview in 2021, Musk remarks, “I admire anyone who is making a positive contribution to humanity, whether that is in entertainment or technology.” Like many tech CEOs, he has since outlived that vision, embracing artificial intelligence (AI) with the express approval of the federal government, where he once held a vital—and deeply controversial—role. Today, the growing power of American government-corporate syncretism, the future being built by the first American trillionaire and his peers, is currently testing its limits in a federal courthouse in Mississippi.

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