{"product_id":"muskism-a-guide-for-the-perplexed","title":"Muskism: A Guide For The Perplexed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA New Yorker Most Anticipated Book Of The Year  A Financial Times Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book Of The Year  A Kirkus Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book Of Spring 2026 A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book Of The Yeara Pyrotechnic Examination Of Elon Musk As A Symptom And Avatar Of Our Postliberal AgeeveryoneS Got An Elon Take. HeS A Messiah. A Menace; A Genius; A Clown. The Verdicts Differ, But They Share One Theme: They Treat Him As An Individual.Muskism Argues Otherwise. Elon Musk IsnT A Glitch In The SystemHe Is The System. His Worldview Promises Sovereignty Through Technology: Plug In, Power Up, And Become SelfReliant. But The More You Connect, The More He Owns You.If Fordism Defined The Capitalism Of The Twentieth Century, Muskism May Define The TwentyFirst. Fordism Helped Build The Welfare State. Musk Undoes It. He Thrives On Dependence While Preaching Freedom. His Cars Run On Subsidies; His Satellites Run The Battlefield; His Social Networks Train The Ai That Trains Us.Muskism Sells Itself As The Future But Entrenches AgeOld Hierarchies. It Offers Autonomy For Some And Exclusion For Others. ItS ProNatalist But AntiImmigrant, Futurist But Reactionary. It Speaks Of Humanity But Warns Against Empathy.Quinn Slobodian And Ben Tarnoff Cut Through The Hype And The Hate To Reveal What Musk Really Represents: A New Political Economy, Where To Be Free Means To Serve A Technoking. Muskism IsnT About The Man. ItS About The Machine That Made HimAnd The World HeS Making Next.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47953368645877,"sku":"DADAX0063484323","price":35.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/61qddwMPzYL.jpg?v=1775492611","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/muskism-a-guide-for-the-perplexed","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}