Politics of democracy: Questions provoked by Elon Musk, the world’s first trillionaire

Daily Maverick | 08.07.2026 20:36
Daily Maverick recently published an article, “Elon Musk’s ascendancy exposes democracy’s frailties” by Natale Labia. For Labia, the threat to democracy lies in trillionaire Musk’s wealth making him, “by any measure, the most consequential private citizen on the planet”.