PJ Vogt

I mean, it's also surprising because Elon's public stance for the past few months has been, the U.S. government wastes so much money, I'm going to lead an office called DOGE, Department of Government Efficiency, and I'm going to find all the places that your taxpayer money is being squandered either by inept bureaucrats or, you know, corrupt ones.

I mean, it's also surprising because Elon's public stance for the past few months has been, the U.S. government wastes so much money, I'm going to lead an office called DOGE, Department of Government Efficiency, and I'm going to find all the places that your taxpayer money is being squandered either by inept bureaucrats or, you know, corrupt ones.

And it's really surprising, if you take him at his word, that the same person who is publicly making the argument for this is standing to benefit from this thing that's very good for Tesla, but questionably good right now for the U.S. government.

And it's really surprising, if you take him at his word, that the same person who is publicly making the argument for this is standing to benefit from this thing that's very good for Tesla, but questionably good right now for the U.S. government.

And it's really surprising, if you take him at his word, that the same person who is publicly making the argument for this is standing to benefit from this thing that's very good for Tesla, but questionably good right now for the U.S. government.

We're going to return to this Tesla mystery, but I just want to pause a moment to think about Doge, the Department of Government Efficiency, which Elon Musk has been the public face of. Doge has been, for me at least, the most surprising, strange part of the early days of the second Trump administration.

We're going to return to this Tesla mystery, but I just want to pause a moment to think about Doge, the Department of Government Efficiency, which Elon Musk has been the public face of. Doge has been, for me at least, the most surprising, strange part of the early days of the second Trump administration.

We're going to return to this Tesla mystery, but I just want to pause a moment to think about Doge, the Department of Government Efficiency, which Elon Musk has been the public face of. Doge has been, for me at least, the most surprising, strange part of the early days of the second Trump administration.

There's what Musk says he wants to do with it, cut government waste, an idea nearly everybody supports in theory. But then there's what he's actually doing, which even the smart people I talk to, who usually see the things I can't, they seem very confused by. What's actually going on here? Here's how I've been trying to make sense of it.

There's what Musk says he wants to do with it, cut government waste, an idea nearly everybody supports in theory. But then there's what he's actually doing, which even the smart people I talk to, who usually see the things I can't, they seem very confused by. What's actually going on here? Here's how I've been trying to make sense of it.

There's what Musk says he wants to do with it, cut government waste, an idea nearly everybody supports in theory. But then there's what he's actually doing, which even the smart people I talk to, who usually see the things I can't, they seem very confused by. What's actually going on here? Here's how I've been trying to make sense of it.

A few years ago, when I was covering crypto, crypto people would sometimes tell me I had to read this strange online conservative blogger named Curtis Yarvin.

A few years ago, when I was covering crypto, crypto people would sometimes tell me I had to read this strange online conservative blogger named Curtis Yarvin.

A few years ago, when I was covering crypto, crypto people would sometimes tell me I had to read this strange online conservative blogger named Curtis Yarvin.

Yarvin has said this country would be better off as a monarchy instead of a democracy. J.D. Vance has talked about being influenced by Yarvin, as have a few Silicon Valley people close to the administration, Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel. And Curtis Yarvin is an Elon fan.

Yarvin has said this country would be better off as a monarchy instead of a democracy. J.D. Vance has talked about being influenced by Yarvin, as have a few Silicon Valley people close to the administration, Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel. And Curtis Yarvin is an Elon fan.

Yarvin has said this country would be better off as a monarchy instead of a democracy. J.D. Vance has talked about being influenced by Yarvin, as have a few Silicon Valley people close to the administration, Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel. And Curtis Yarvin is an Elon fan.

On a podcast appearance in 2021, Yarvin said his criticism of Musk, the reason he could never run the country, was just where he was born.

On a podcast appearance in 2021, Yarvin said his criticism of Musk, the reason he could never run the country, was just where he was born.

On a podcast appearance in 2021, Yarvin said his criticism of Musk, the reason he could never run the country, was just where he was born.