McMuskism en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of McCarthyism + Musk, coined by Carole Cadwalladr in 2024.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Political persecution achieved through surveillance and online harassment.
This is McMuskism: it’s McCarthyism on steroids, political persecution + Trump + Musk + Silicon Valley surveillance tools. It’s the dawn of a new age of political witch-hunts, where burning at the stake meets data harvesting and online mobs.
2024 November 17, Carole Cadwalladr, “How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2024: