Imagine this as the plot for a new Bond movie–the richest man in the world, a ruthless eccentric with an obsession with the letter X and a hearty contempt for common people, uses his vast wealth and his ownership of satellites and a social media company to gain control of the world. His objective is to kill off everyone who doesn’t meet his high standards and to move the rest–the new master race–to Mars, where he will serve as the absolute ruler. Fortunately, 007 stops him just in time.
Sounds kind of plausible in today’s world, right? Except that Elon doesn’t even have complete control of America yet, he hasn’t expressed an interest in annihilating most of mankind, and there is no 007 to save us from him.