Musk wasn’t remotely aware of the “woke virus” during Obama’s two terms. No elites from either party were aware of the “globalization virus” as a bad thing for democracy in the 3 decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Even Peter Thiel came late to partial recognition of the tripple evils of globalization, social-justice and environmentalism. All three are necessary evils carried to excesses.
There is only one philosopher in the West, or the entire world, that I know of who had perceptions and misgivings about downsides of all three, 3 decades ago.
Who was that philosopher?