Former German chancellor says politics should govern the social balance between powerful and ordinary citizens
with Donald Trump as US president, has also expressed deep concerns about the outsized role to be played in Trump’s administration by Elon Musk.
Musk, who is advising Trump on his second term, has been tasked by the president-elect with leading a newly created department of government efficiency along with“If a person like him is the owner of 60% of all satellites orbiting in space, then that must be a huge concern for us along with the political issues,” she said. “Politics must determine the social balance between the powerful and ordinary citizens.
“And if this final authority is too strongly influenced by companies, whether through capital power or technological capabilities, then this is an unprecedented challenge for us all,” said Merkel, whose 700-plus-page tome will be released on Tuesday. Of social media platforms such as Musk’s X, Merkel said: “It is important to counterbalance the furore in social media, such as that stirred up by the AfD in this country,” referring to the far-rightMerkel acknowledged that she had supported Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris in their ultimately unsuccessful presidential bids against Trump and said their defeats had filled her with sadness.
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