Elon Musk, unelected and the richest man in the world, is pushing federal workers out,

dismantling federal agencies, and cutting funding.

Even the Financial Times is calling Elon Musk's widespread actions in the federal government, a power grab.

We need a new system.

We need a new society.

We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago,

but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. We are excited to have Professor Richard Wolfe join us for our regular weekly segment where we talk about the biggest stories related to the economy, the state of the working class, and the crimes of big business.

I'm your host, Brian Becker. The Socialist Program brings you content several

days a week thanks to the support of our patrons at patreon.com forward slash the socialist program.

We appreciate all of your support and encourage you if you're not yet to become a patron today.

Richard Wolf is the co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work.

He's the author of many books, including Understanding Capitalism, which is now available

at Democracy at Work.Info.

Professor Wolfe, welcome back.

Thank you very much, Brian.

Well, I mentioned the Financial Times editorial, and of course, Financial Times is a principal

newspaper and media outlet for basically capitalism for the banks, corporations.

It's headquartered in the UK, but pays careful attention to the U.S.

I talked about their editorial.

They called Elon Musk's a power grab.

Here's from the New Republic, and I'll read a few words, and then I want to get your comments.

Elon Musk has taken control of government employees' private data by having his cronies

...