Elon Musk did an interview recently where he moaned about not being able to go the the store or do normal things because he’s worried about security in the wake of the Charlie Kirks assassination and the murder of the United Health CEO, Brian Thompson. But that’s rich because billionaires like Musk helped make the world where the oligarchs are scared. Presently, the United States is a vastly unequal society where the average American lives an increasingly precarious existence.

Isn’t it interesting that Ghislaine Maxwell seems to turn up with all the worst people?

I just read Survival of the Richest–Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires, by Douglas Rushkoff, where he explains that the tech bros like Musk would rather escape than simply make the world more livable for Americans. Rushkoff was the professor of media theory and digital economics, who was invited to to lecture 5 mysterious billionaires on how to survive the “Event”–the societal apocalypse they know is coming. They laughed when Rushkoff explained that maybe sharing their wealth now might preclude the “Event”, and instead wanted to know how to ensure the loyalty of their security guards in the aftermath.

Elon Musk has made it clear that he not interested in sharing the wealth, and with his spearheading the government-smashing DOGE, seems determined to make Americans more precarious. But even a sociopath like Musk feels something like guilt for the way in which he has gained his fortune, by fucking over everyone else.

Or maybe not, considering the sociopathy, but he feels something. Vastly unequal societies are not healthy places for anyone, even billionaires like Musk, for obvious reasons. While the rest of us grapple with precarity, the billionaires have to arm-up with guards and constant security. They worry that some bitter malcontent might try to murder them or kidnap their daughter or wife. They have to bunker down and can’t do normal things. Musk reportedly travels with a coterie of 25 ex-special forces guards. Think about that for a minute.

Unfortunately, if we’re to expect anything from the billionaires it’s them doubling-down on the sociopathy.

Wait for it.

And that didn’t take long–Billionaire Palantir co-founder calls for return of public hangings to show ‘masculine leadership’ in America.

In Ayn Rand’s ponderous Atlas Shrugged, the billionaires withdraw their “talents’ from society, and retreat to Galt’s Gulch. I propose that our American billionaire likewise withdraw their “talents” and retreat. I further propose that they take their “talents” to Mars. Musk and Bezos have talked about establishing a Martian colony and Space X then Blue Origin could transport the billionaires in waves.

Hey, a guy can dream.

Update: Look–they have hot girls for the trip.