In 2023, Elon Musk managed to define himself as the cartoon villain of American capitalism: destroying the town square of Twitter, amplifying white supremacist and antisemitic voices, even denying Ukraine satellite service in the middle of the Russian onslaught.
As 2024 begins, Musk continues his villain role, this time as the target of a National Labor Relations Board complaint for violating employees’ rights at SpaceX. Musk responded with a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the NLRB’s action. But Musk’s beef is not really with the agency; it’s with the federal right that Congress passed and the agency is merely enforcing.
Check out our Slate piece on Elon Musk’s latest lawbreaking: interfering with the right to talk to co-workers about working conditions. It’s an underappreciated right that is key to economic justice and a healthy democracy.
