Musk’s philosophy or one can say, Muskist philosophy is built on a first-principles approach—breaking complex systems down to their fundamental truths and rebuilding them for efficiency. Applying this to government, he envisions a system devoid of bureaucratic bloat, where overregulation, inefficiencies, and budgetary excesses are mercilessly excised in favour of lean, data-driven decision-making. The American permitting process, for instance, has frequently found itself in Musk’s crosshairs. Whether it’s securing approval for a new Gigafactory or launching Starship into orbit, Musk has openly criticised the sluggish pace of government agencies that take years to do what private companies achieve in months. In one particularly pointed remark, he noted that bureaucracies operate under the assumption that adding layers of oversight always improves outcomes, whereas in reality, it often achieves the opposite.