I was watching a You Tube video about Sulla, the reactionary Roman dictator, yesterday. Sulla is best known for marching on Rome, murdering hundreds of political opponents, and imposing political “reforms” that took power from the plebs and returned it to the patricians, including himself.
The guy who made the video clearly wanted to show the contemporary relevance of Sulla and his reactionary politics, so he showed a tweet from a prominent political figure saying that perhaps America needed its own Sulla. The individual in question was Elon Musk.
In my “Fork in the Road” post a few days ago, I asked Elon whether he would double down on authoritarian politics when he and Trump become unpopular. I guess he has already tipped his hand.