The authors propose Muskism as the successor to post-Fordism, with a regime of accumulation built on state symbiosis, vertical integration, and survivalist tech, and a mode of regulation thinned to a “fan contract” plus racialized threat. Unlike Fordism or post-Fordism, Muskism is oriented toward social war rather than social peace, made possible by the collapse of organized working-class counterpressure – which may also be its long-run instability.
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