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Elon Musk’s Pivot from Online Troll to Political Machinator

2024/8/14
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John Lee Anderson: 马斯克卷入委内瑞拉政治危机，马杜罗指控其发动网络攻击，虽然缺乏证据，但这凸显了马斯克日益增长的地缘政治影响力。马斯克与马杜罗的冲突，以及他对其他左翼领导人的批评，反映出他对右翼民粹主义和极小政府的立场。马斯克拥有X（前推特）等平台，使其在全球范围内拥有巨大的传播力和影响力，这使得他的言论和行为对各国政府构成独特的挑战。马斯克对特朗普的公开支持，以及他与阿根廷总统米莱的亲密关系，进一步表明了他的政治立场和影响力。欧洲联盟对马斯克和X平台的警告，也反映出国际社会对其影响力的担忧。 Tyler Foggatt: 访谈探讨了马斯克的政治转变，从网络上的挑衅者到地缘政治的参与者。马杜罗对马斯克的指控，以及马斯克对特朗普的支持，都引发了关于马斯克权力和影响力的讨论。访谈还探讨了马斯克的言论和行为对美国政治以及国际关系的影响，以及欧洲联盟对其在X平台上内容监管的担忧。

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Elon Musk is accused by Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro of leading a cyberattack on the country's electoral council, though unsubstantiated. This incident highlights Musk's growing influence in geopolitics, as discussed by New Yorker staff writer Jon Lee Anderson.

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The *New Yorker *staff writer Jon Lee Anderson joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss how Elon Musk has once again found himself at the center of a geopolitical dustup—this time in Venezuela, where strongman Nicolas Maduro has accused Musk of hacking the nation’s electoral council. Although the allegations are unsubstantiated, Maduro’s worries about Musk meddling in the affairs of other countries “are not without foundation,” Anderson writes. His latest piece, “Elon Musk’s Surging Political Activism,”) explores Musk’s metamorphosis into a geopolitical power broker. 

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“Elon Musk’s Surging Political Activism,”) by Jon Lee