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Guy has been at least been privately documented as an asshole for decades.
During his dance at his first wedding reception, he informed his wife that he was the "alpha".
When his infant son died in 2002, he largely ignored it and said his wife being in pain over their baby dying was just her being "emotionally manipulative".
He constantly demanded her to act and look a certain way, and berated her for being a bad wife.
He was not a better person back then, he just had a more carefully curated online and media presence. His ego has brought him to the point of dropping all pretense.
You can't just keep assuming the best of someone acting badly and hope that support and understanding will bring the person around.
yeah, you're right. nothing he does is sincere. i'm just racking my brain trying to find ways for change that don't involve immolating dealerships. but i suppose that the French have already taught us better.
Your heart is in the right place. Violence alone cannot create a good world. We must strive for empathy and however and whenever this ends a lot of people doing bad things now will need reintegration into society.
But right now they're running wild and hurting people. I think your empathy is better given to the red hat down the street that feels trapped and like society and the economy have passed them by.
Elon is in agony. His wealth is wounding him and making him unable to stop doing evil things. But he won't give it up without a huge fight and he won't change with offers. He thinks he's winning right now.
For a good example of someone with too much money who has been offered countless gentle hands out of bigotry look at JK Rowling, who's refused people who were once incredibly close to her giving gentle "hey you're being bigoted and it's hurting people who admire you and it's hurting your reputation and legacy".
If you want to do the noble work of helping tight wingers out of the far right look for videos from people who left the alt right talking about their indoctrination and leaving.