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The Cult of the Cybertruck with Maya Vinokour | The Nation Podcast

The Cult of the Cybertruck with Maya Vinokour | The Nation Podcast

Update: 2025-11-10
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Perhaps no single object embodies our dystopian, oligarchical, ugly present more than the Cybertruck—the hulking spacecraft-cum-tank that Elon Musk has foisted on the world.

The Cybertruck is unpleasant to look at, unsafe to drive, and, judging from its anemic sales, unwanted by most of the public. It has been described as an even bigger flop than the infamous Ford Edsel.

But, as writer Maya Vinokour discovered, none of that seems to matter to the Cybertruck's most loyal fans. In "What Was the Cybertruck," a piece for our November issue, Vinokour journeyed deep into the heart of the small but fierce Cybertruck cult, and found a group of people (or, more accurately, men) eager to defend the car against all enemies, foreign and domestic.




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The Cult of the Cybertruck with Maya Vinokour | The Nation Podcast

The Cult of the Cybertruck with Maya Vinokour | The Nation Podcast

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