Elon Was the Trojan Horse
The establishment played Elon Musk—leveraging his influence and narratives—but he still profited immensely from the arrangement.
DOGE served as a cultural and financial testbed, subtly used to embed AI experimentation within various government departments. It was a decentralized meme vehicle that normalized both and distributed tech narratives across the public sector.
Following the narrative success of DOGE, Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR)—a company deeply embedded in U.S. defense and intelligence infrastructure—stepped in as the institutional successor. Palantir’s AI platforms like Foundry and Gotham gained widespread adoption across federal agencies, effectively sidelining the decentralized ethos of DOGE for a centralized, surveillance-optimized architecture.
Today, there is bipartisan support in Congress for expanding both the deficit and national debt. As of Q2 2025, the U.S. national debt exceeds $35 trillion, and annual budget deficits are projected to surpass $2 trillion for the fiscal year. The political discourse rarely questions whether to spend—only how and for whom. The real debate is centered on allocating capital to preferred industries and interest groups—determining the winners and losers of the monetary expansion.
