The red emergency light is flashing on America’s democracy dashboard, like a damaged aircraft teetering toward a mountain. Elon Musk becoming the planet’s first trillionaire should make us tremble for the future of self-governing republics. It’s as if we’re bringing back modern pharaohs to dominate our societies. Musk’s SpaceX company recently went public with a (probably inflated) market capitalization of […]The post World’s first trillionaire a flashing red light for US democracy appeared first on Asia Times.