--- title: "Elon Musk Suggests That Government Should Be Replaced by Dudes With High Testosterone" description: "Elon Musk is doubling down on his bizarre bigotry by appearing to co-sign a theory that suggests women shouldn't be in power." date: "2024-09-03" modified: "2024-09-03" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-government-testosterone" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "democracy" - "elon musk" - "governance" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk Suggests That Government Should Be Replaced by Dudes With High Testosterone ![Elon Musk is doubling down on his bizarre bigotry by appearing to co-sign a theory that suggests women shouldn't be in power.]() *\Image: Jared Siskin / Patrick McMullan via Getty / Futurism\* ## Chaos Theory Elon Musk is doubling down on his [growing extremism and bigotry]() by forwarding a theory that suggests women and "low-testosterone" men aren't interested in the truth and should therefore be excluded from democratic governance. The original post, which was retweeted by Musk and [published by the paid blue check account]() "Autism Capital," posits that "people who can't defend themselves physically," which includes women and "low T men," engage with the world through a so-called "consensus filter" that causes them to question not whether something is true but whether "others will be OK" with it. "This makes them very malleable to brute force manufactured consensus; if every screen they look at says the same thing they will adopt that position because their brain interprets it as everyone in the tribe believing it," reads the nonsense theory, seemingly screenshotted from the internet cesspool of 4chan. "Only high T alpha males and aneurotypical people (hey autists!) are actually free to parse new information with an objective 'is this true’ filter," the post continues. "This is why a Republic of high status males is best for decision making. Democratic, but a democracy only for those who are free to think." In a quote tweet, the X-formerly-Twitter owner called the half-baked theory an "[interesting observation]()," which [appears to be his latest way]() of platforming [idiotic and dangerous ideas]() while failing to explicitly endorse them. ## New Phrenology Beyond the glaring sexism inherent in suggesting that women's brains are so different from men's that they can't think properly, Musk lending credence to this dogshit hypothesis is incredibly goofy given that he and his audience of supposedly "high-T" men seem far more likely to fall in line with the [sort of groupthink]() the original post references in such [pseudo-phrenological]() terms. For all his espousing about free speech and thought leadership, [Musk has clearly fallen victim]() to the kind of tribalist mentality he's criticizing here. Here we have a man who's willing to [throw his money and influence behind]() a political candidate who has [vowed repeatedly]() to eviscerate the electric vehicle industry and who has [publicly alienated at least one of his children]() because of his increasingly right-wing narrow-mindedness. Musk's fringe posts are also [steadily hemorrhaging advertisers on X]() and [confidence among Tesla buyers]() — all in the name of the kind of freedom of thought that somehow places him at the forefront of an [army of deluded stans]() who will fall in line with whatever he says. It's times like these that we're very glad that people born outside of the United States cannot run for president. **More on Musk:** [*Hypocrite Elon Musk Attacks Voting by Mail, But Records Show He's Done It Himself*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()