'Reboot' Revealed: Elon Musk's CEO-Dictator Playbook

[usonian]

https://www.thenerdreich.com/reboot-elon-musk-ceo-dictator-doge/
In 2022, one of Peter Thiel's favorite thinkers envisioned a second Trump Administration in which the federal government would be run by a “CEO”
Gil Duran
05 Feb 2025

The Point: In 2022, one of Peter Thiel's favorite thinkers envisioned a second Trump Administration in which the federal government would be run by a “CEO” who was not Trump and laid out a playbook for how it might work. Elon Musk is following it.

The Back Story: In 2012, Curtis Yarvin — Peter Thiel’s “house philosopher”—called for something he dubbed RAGE: Retire All Government Employees. The idea: Take over the United States government and gut the federal bureaucracy. Then, replace civil servants with political loyalists who would answer to a CEO-type leader Yarvin likened to a dictator.

“If Americans want to change their government, they’re going to have to get over their dictator phobia,” he said. Yarvin, a software programmer, framed this as a “reboot” of government.

Elon Musk’s DOGE is just a rebranded version of RAGE. He demands mass resignations, locks career employees out of their offices, threatens to delete entire departments, and seizes total control of sensitive government systems and programs. DOGE = RAGE, masked in the bland language of “efficiency.”

But Musk’s reliance on Yarvin’s playbook runs deeper. ... so read on.

[highplainsdem]

1. K&R!

And a link to an earlier post with a different excerpt.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219994149

Thanks for posting this, usonian! What Gil Duran wrote deserves much more attention than I was able to get for it.

[usonian]

2. How did I miss that?

Maybe I was busy with computer graphics.
I don't mind duplicate posts, myself, for the same reason.
Hard to keep up.

[highplainsdem]

3. I'm fine with duplicates (outside LBN). And I miss lots of posts here, too, trying to keep up with

multiple platforms plus news.

[KPN]

4. Kicked ...

Good info -0- this needs wide distribution.

[KPN]

5. Kicked again on second thought. Can't believe this didn't get more exposure here on DU -- unless perhaps

it had already been posted prior?

Musk is the most dangerous person on the planet. I've been saying that since he first came out for Trump. Not sure this the danger to all humans that he represents got sufficient attention ... until now, and not sure that it still hasn't and/or isn't too late already. Trump doesn't even recognize the danger he presents even fort himself. His "I'm the President" shield will only stand so long as he is still useful to Musk.

Incredibly hard to come to grips with the fact that a computer nerd who lacks fundamental interpersonal and social skills has actually amassed this much power. Goes to show what greed can create. Everything wealth and power-wise that Musk has accomplished has a taproot formed from human susceptibility to greed.

[usonian]

7. highplainsdem previously posted it but got little uptake.

See reply #1.
Keep it kicked.

Thanks!

[StarryNite]

6. Kick

[usonian]

8. Kick