Waiting passively for history to happen is a higher-risk strategy than 'mucking in' to try to manage geopolitical conflicts; therefore Musk's active interventionism is presumably his rationalization for juggling multiple contradictory political commitments.

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Adam Tooze

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but sitting back and waiting for history to happen to you is a higher risk strategy than mucking in and trying to trying to somehow manage this conflict and that's that's presumably I imagine how he how he rationalizes this

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The Worldview of Elon Musk | Ones and Tooze Ep. 176 | An FP PodcastForeign Policy
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:32:56 AM

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