i keep hearing how musk is neurodivergent and that’s why he makes nazi salutes. you know. as one does.
that’s all bullshit but i am starting to legitimately wonder if this guy is hiding his neuro syphilis or a raging case of schizophrenia. either would explain a lot.
Elon Musk appears deeply troubled. Why else would a person spread hate and lies nearly constantly. Why else would someone embrace Nazism? As we know that there are all types of people with all types of things they deal with, who aren't Nazis, we know that there is no excuse for Musk's behavior other than the deep pain and sociopathy he is dealing with.
For your readers who want reliable information about resisting Trump's budding authoritarian regime, I'd highly recommend Professor Timothy Snyder (Yale). He has extensively studied and written about this topic and gives timely advice on how to resist:
One last comment, for now, is that Professor Robert Reich (UC Berkeley), former Secretary of Labor, understands well the workings of Washington DC. He also is providing timely resistance advice:
I've switched from news sources with Billionaire-bias to The Guardian. Its headquarters are in the UK but it has a strong presence in the US. It avoids Billionaire-bias by having an endowment that pays for its excellent journalism. Here is an outstanding example:
i keep hearing how musk is neurodivergent and that’s why he makes nazi salutes. you know. as one does.
that’s all bullshit but i am starting to legitimately wonder if this guy is hiding his neuro syphilis or a raging case of schizophrenia. either would explain a lot.
Elon Musk appears deeply troubled. Why else would a person spread hate and lies nearly constantly. Why else would someone embrace Nazism? As we know that there are all types of people with all types of things they deal with, who aren't Nazis, we know that there is no excuse for Musk's behavior other than the deep pain and sociopathy he is dealing with.
For your readers who want reliable information about resisting Trump's budding authoritarian regime, I'd highly recommend Professor Timothy Snyder (Yale). He has extensively studied and written about this topic and gives timely advice on how to resist:
https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/the-logic-of-destruction?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2rctb
Yes, I mean to include his piece and Parker Molloy's. I will make a post about this now.
One last comment, for now, is that Professor Robert Reich (UC Berkeley), former Secretary of Labor, understands well the workings of Washington DC. He also is providing timely resistance advice:
https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/more-on-what-you-can-do?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2rctb
https://bsky.app/profile/justinsg.bsky.social
Thanks for the excellent article Brian.
I've switched from news sources with Billionaire-bias to The Guardian. Its headquarters are in the UK but it has a strong presence in the US. It avoids Billionaire-bias by having an endowment that pays for its excellent journalism. Here is an outstanding example:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/trump-elon-musk-federal-government?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Yes, I recommend The Guardian in this piece: https://www.publicenlightenment.com/p/corporate-media-is-doing-a-bad-job