New revelations about Elon Musk and his views on the future of society come to light in the new documentary “Musk” by award-winning director Alex Gibney, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
Ashley St. Clair, Elon Musk’s former partner and mother of one of his children, claims that the powerful entrepreneur told her he wanted to have a child with her because he needed “a legion of children before the civil war.” They eventually had a son together in 2024, but subsequently separated.
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It should be noted that Musk is known to be the father of at least 14 children from various relationships he’s had.
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Offer According to her, Elon Musk’s team offered her a lump sum of $40 million, as well as a monthly payment of $100,000, in exchange for her signing a confidentiality agreement.
She claims that the offer was withdrawn when she refused to sign.
“He’s fanning the flames of a fire that doesn’t exist”
Speaking on the occasion of the documentary’s premiere in Venice, Ashley St. Clair strongly criticized the way Elon Musk uses X, the platform formerly known as Twitter before he acquired it.
When asked whether Elon Musk is truly afraid of the possibility of a civil war or whether he himself is contributing to the creation of such a climate, she replied that what he does through X “cannot be ignored.”
“He’s fanning flames that don’t exist in the real world,” she said.
Ashley St. Clair further argued that Elon Musk’s activity on the platform creates tensions that can have real consequences for society.
According to her, Musk is causing “deliberate division,” which could prove disastrous if there is no form of regulation or restriction.
It should be noted that she had previously expressed her support for Donald Trump and the MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement, but she now says she regrets her previous political actions.
Elon Musk’s Political Influence Through X
Since acquiring Twitter in 2022 and renaming it X, Elon Musk has systematically used the platform to express his political views and intervene in public debates in the U.S. and Europe.
Gibney’s documentary examines in depth this political dimension of Musk’s presence, as well as the influence he can wield through one of the world’s largest social media platforms.
Alex Gibney, who has previously made films about Enron, Vladimir Putin, and the U.S. military, also attempts to interpret Elon Musk’s intense preoccupation with scenarios of social and cultural collapse.
The director believes that this particular attitude may be linked to the difficult experiences Musk had during his childhood in South Africa.
“He had a very difficult and traumatic childhood,” Gibney said, adding that if he were to take a psychoanalytic approach to Musk’s case, he would say that today “he is projecting that trauma onto others.”
The four-hour documentary on the rise of Elon Musk
“Musk” runs approximately four hours and was filmed over a period of three years.
The documentary traces Elon Musk’s journey from his first entrepreneurial steps in the software industry to his emergence as one of the most powerful and controversial figures in the globaltechnology industry.
Gibney, however, argues that Elon Musk’s story is not merely a tale of technological success.
As he noted in Venice, he considers it “old wine in a new bottle,” describing Musk as a modern-day version of the entrepreneur who builds wealth and influence through intense self-promotion and by increasing the market value of his companies.
Ashley St. Clair’s allegations and Alex Gibney’s critical perspective are at the heart of the new documentary, which seeks to portray not only Elon Musk’s entrepreneurial journey, but also the political and social power he has amassed in recent years.
