I admit I'm totally clueless as to what's in it because my instinct is that Elon is right and its full of garbage but who knows. There are a few right- wing people on X attacking Elon over it, but it could just be from not liking the guy or just generic GOP bootlicking. Thoughts?
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Elon is in Anger. Trump is in Bargaining.
The stages of grief for a republic already lost.
Going along with this analogy for a second: Who is Denial in this instance, and who will be Despair/Depression and Acceptance?
I claim the Boomers (actual Boomers) to be the Denial stage. Between advice on saving money, working, and dating their advice is generally completely out of date and barely applicable in the modern world. Trying to get them to understand that their worldview has resulted in so much suffering and degradation of their homes and their family's futures is a nightmare.
Next I think the Black-pillers and Doomers are Depression. Everything is fucked, we're all screwed, "vote harder lol" spoken in pithy condescension, they know there is a ton wrong with the world but they're overwhelmed by the scale of it and so don't know what else to do but laugh at the people trying to stem the tide.
Lastly, I kind of want to separate Accelerationists out from Doomers and place them in the Acceptance category. They've moved past the stage of "nothing can be done, just face it" to "if it gets bad enough, there will be enough people awakened to the problems to do something about them." A sort of rallying will occur. They might also be some of the "surf the Kali Yuga" types or the ones that say 'abandon the country and go someplace more stable in SE Asia where first world money goes very far.' It's hard to define Acceptance in a way that isn't 'giving up' on the nation entirely.
Dan Bongino
Alex Jones
Pipkin Pippa
https://youtu.be/91xAAl46E38?t=9530
As far as personalities on the right? I can see Tom Homan sitting in a leather chair in a dark room, swirling brandy, in despair from all the federal injunctions keeping him from kicking ass. And Scott Adams is easily in acceptance but that's more about his poor vax decision than the country.
I want to say Q is in denial, but 1. "he" doesn't exist and 2. that's way too easy.