THE ILLUSION OF POWER - ELON MUSK AND THE THEATER OF WEALTH

In the tradition of Niccolò Machiavelli, who dissected the machinery of power with cold precision, let us examine the modern pantheon of so-called "tech billionaires" not as sovereigns of their domains, but as courtiers in a grander palace—servants cloaked in the illusion of dominance, performing roles assigned to them by powers far older and more entrenched than Silicon Valley.