MUSK ON MARS

Elon Musk has made his dream come true and is the first person to land on Mars. But instead of being able to terraform the planet according to his wishes without conditions, he must first ask himself a few questions before the Martian Immigration Court, which quickly become quite unpleasant for him.

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Regardless of how much the Muskonaut sells his borderline and authoritarian ideas of freedom as “liberal”: The “host society Mars” — the audience — scrutinizes every arrival in detail.

With the help of Earth tweets, Musk is interrogated about his career so far, allegations from Grünheide and the Internet are brought to the table and must be examined before the concept of extraterrestrial freedom. Using pop music, AI fantasies and twisted promises, the invader attempts to defend his claims to power on the supposedly freely available terrain of Mars. In the end, the audience makes the verdict:

Does Elon Musk get a right to stay on Mars? And if so — under which conditions?

Hilarious and bitterly serious at the same time, the piece discusses concepts of freedom of law and our own options for action in post-democratic times.

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