"Muskism" is a 21st-century political economy in which private firms sell sovereignty through infrastructure. This piece traces its roots to apartheid South Africa's self-sufficient "fortress futurism."
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Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff, in their conversation with L. Zhang, discuss the political-economic model they call "Muskism."