Muskism

plural Muskisms

1. countableA characteristic phrase or statement by Elon Musk.

   Whether this means a new announcement about SpaceX’s Martian plans is to be madec^([sic]) or is just another Muskism remains to be seen.

   2018 September 17, Daniel Patrascu, “Elon Musk Tweets Photos of Big Falcon Rocket Leaving Earth, Declares OccupyMars”, in Autoevolution

2. uncountableThe philosophy and politics espoused by Elon Musk.

   Trumpism has evolved completely into Muskism, and it needs neither Trump nor Musk to wreak its havoc.

   2025 April 2, Charlie Pierce, “What Happens to Elon Musk and Muskism Now?”, in Esquire

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   But I remain convinced that what I call conservatism of commerce better captures the ideological dynamics of Muskism, Trumpism, and the business elitism that structures our economic life.

   2025 September 29, Pierre-Yves Néron, “Political Political Theory of Corporations: Answer To Caulfield’s (2025) If You’re an Egalitarian, How Come You’re a Firm?”, in Philosophy of Management, volume 24, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 263–268

3. uncountableHypercapitalism inspired by science fiction and technocracy.

   Muskism might get people to Mars, but as a “free planet,” will the Martians choose to stay the course?

   2021 November 10, Mike Brown, “What Elon Musk's love of science fiction reveals about Tesla and SpaceX”, in Inverse

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   The metaverse is at once an illustration of and a distraction from a broader and more troubling turn in the history of capitalism. The world’s techno-billionaires are forging a new kind of capitalism: Muskism. Mr. Musk, who likes to troll his rivals, mocked Mr. Zuckerberg’s metaverse. But from missions to Mars and the moon to the metaverse, it’s all Muskism: extreme, extraterrestrial capitalism, where stock prices are driven less by earnings than by fantasies from science fiction.

   2021 November 4, Jill Lepore, “Elon Musk Is Building a Sci-Fi World, and the Rest of Us Are Trapped in It”, in The New York Times

   Muskism is akin to feudalism in that, as Lepore explains, '[i]t's like there are these lords and the rest of us are the peasantry, and our fates are in their hands because they know best'.

   2025 January 21, Carl Rhodes, Stinking Rich: The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire, Policy Press, →ISBN

   Muskism, like Fordism, is not an individual but a system. […] Muskism characterizes a new, technologically driven political economy that dismantles state institutions with one hand while promoting self-reliance, or the fantasy of it, with the other.

   2026 April 15, Jennifer Szalai, “How ‘Muskism’ Is Changing the Way America Works”, in The New York Times, →ISSN