Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine, a decision that sparked panic in Kyiv and confusion inside the Trump administration. Musk has spoken to Putin several times. He has used thousands of responses to boost the reach, following and monetization income of pro-Russian accounts on X making him the prime orchestrator of Russia's propaganda effort in the West. There can be no doubt that Musk is collaborating with Putin to destroy democracy in order to bring about the kind of technofascist dictatorship advocated by Thiel's 'house philosopher' Curtis Yarvin, and forecast in "The Sovereign Individual" for which Thiel wrote the preface. Putin doubtless flattered Musk as being one of the handful of individuals capable of ensuring the long term survival of humanity, and played on Musk's rage against wokeness which he blames for his trans son changing gender. wsj.com/world/ukraine-starli…