For whatever reason I feel like Musk is waking up to the fact that people really reject his policies. If he is one of the masterminds that could mean that things change.
But it's more likely that those losses in sales were accepted sacrifices.
And yet, I cannot imagine that things can significantly get worse. The media and economy is controlled, the chat messages can be intercepted. What else could an authoritarian regime want? Why remove the illusion that people are free?
I rather think that the actions taken are just there to make the rightwing voters think that something is done. But their situation cannot improve. But there is also not much more chaos that can be created beyond cripling US producation capacities.
This only leaves bold foreign policy options. My guess would be that it's time for the Iran invasion.
If it's actually about creating authoritarianism then the next step is militarising the population. Create a 'work force' and have all unemployed people do manual communal work in groups. Also create a civil leader for every block or street.
from here:
https://www.project2025.observer/