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Whatever his preposterousness and historical ignorance, Elon Musk touched on a genuine problem. The tech billionaire drew flak earlier this month for tweeting his vision of a peace plan between Russia and Ukraine that appeared to favor the Kremlin’s agenda. He called for a resolution to the ongoing war that, among other things, would see Ukraine cede its claims to Crimea. The rationale for this, Musk argued, was that Russia would sooner deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the battlefield than countenance the loss of the strategic and culturally symbolic peninsula. Concessions to the invading power would be preferable to falling into a spiraling nuclear conflict.
