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"Elon Musk isn't a menace to "democracy" in the common definition of the term (government by the people), but that's not what Luce means by "democracy". What he means is "managed democracy", which Wikipedia defines as,

[A] formally democratic government that functions as a de facto authoritarian government or, in some cases, as an autocratic government.[4] Such hybrid regimes are legitimized by elections, but do not change the state's policies, motives, and goals.

And of course, Edward Luce, as a journalist, expects to have a role in the managing.

Calling the United Kingdom a managed democracy might have sounded like a tinfoil hat conspiracy a few weeks ago, but since Southport, the mask has dropped. The British government is now threatening to prosecute even foreigners for sharing facts online about crime and civil unrest in the UK.


Elon Musk Makes It Harder For Them To Manage Democracy
Hence the establishment's outrage against him. As Ayaan Hirsi Ali wrote, in a reply to Edward Luce, what Elon Musk has done with X is give a voice to the people.

Edward,

You are absolutely wrong on this one. The people stoking racial conflict are the politicians who oversee the disastrous mass migration policies over decades and who have ignored every form of civilized entreaty to put a stop to unplanned chaotic immigration or effectively deal with the horrendous unintended consequences of those policies. Think about the colossal sexual violence against women committed by men whose origins may not be named [This is an allusion to Pakistani grooming gangs in places like Rotherham]. Think about those victims who must first disclaim that they are not racist. Think about the rabid radicals marching in many western capitals threatening Jewish minorities.

Elon has given all those voiceless victims a voice and a platform to draw the attention of the negligent politicians and their sprawling bureaucracies. He is the true democrat and a hero of our times.

What have you done in your tenure as a journalist to effectively reach these political leaders of our countries and persuade them to reconsider before our societies are torn apart by their criminal policies?

This Isn't Just About The UK
It's worth noting here that the FT's Edward Luce is based in the U.S. and often writes about U.S. politics. The same ideology on immigration, demographics, and managed democracy is held by the American establishment. You can see this in some of the commentary about Kamala Harris's candidacy for President of the United States. "