{"product_id":"elon-musk-dark-star-rising","title":"Elon Musk Dark Star Rising","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“Though he is already preparing to send astronauts to the\nmoon, Musk has been consistently underestimated – and now the danger he\npresents is being underestimated as well.” — Richard Cooke\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHow did the world’s richest man become the face of America’s reactionary\nrevolution?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAt the helm of X, bankrolling far-right lawsuits, and parroting white\nnationalist conspiracy theories to millions, Elon Musk is no longer a tech\neccentric with odd politics — he’s the public face of the MAGA\ncounter-revolution. Alongside Trump and the digital culture warriors of the new\nright, Musk is acting as both financier and foot soldier, reshaping the online\npublic sphere in the image of a paranoid, hyper-capitalist backlash. He’s not\njust posting through it — he’s helping lead it.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn this urgent and razor-sharp essay, award-winning journalist Richard Cooke\ndissects the political descent of Elon Musk: from self-described moderate to\nreactionary provocateur, from self-mythologised innovator to conspiracy peddler\nand chaos agent. With forensic clarity, Cooke exposes the roots of Musk’s\ntransformation — the mythology of genius, the libertarian cult of disruption,\nand the tech elite’s growing comfort with authoritarianism.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDark Star Rising investigates how the richest man alive came to dominate what\nwas once the digital town square — and what it means when that square is turned\ninto a plaything of the paranoid elite. As Cooke reveals, Musk’s trajectory is\nnot an anomaly but a warning: when billionaires cosplay as rebels and\nmonopolise the means of communication, democracy itself hangs in the balance.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDark Star Rising is searing account of the political devolution of Elon Musk —\nand what it reveals about the tech elite’s descent into far-right reaction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRICHARD COOKE is a multi-award-winning author, reporter and\nscreenwriter. His reporting has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e,\nthe \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, WIRED\u003c\/i\u003e and many\nother publications. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe is a former Columnist of the Year, winner of the June\nAndrews Award for Arts Journalism and the Walkley Award for Feature Writing\n(Australia’s premier award for journalism). His fourth book is a cultural\nhistory of Wikipedia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"APD (S) PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44827601305807,"sku":"9781068525766","price":23.98,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_95d0ce6f-c683-485d-89c0-b5e0aa7f47f6.jpg?v=1770254627","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/elon-musk-dark-star-rising","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}