Okay, Michael Douglas' character in Falling Down is not a good guy and shouldn't be regarded as someone to emulate. That said, I totally feel him in this scene.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1-a...

That's why he did it. It was deliberate, but he didn't do it because he's a Nazi. He did it because he's a terminally online edgelord who desperately wants internet trolls to think he's cool. The key to understanding Elon is understanding that he is way, way dumber than anyone ever realized.

Yeah, it was never anything but an ego trip for him. The problem is that this time around, the people actually calling the shots are going to be much more unhinged.

It's a brilliant shell game. The ruling class convinced the middle class that the working class is their enemy, and vice versa.

I'm not a class reductionist. I don't want to line up with working or middle class Nazis, for instance. But a bit of class consciousness all around would be welcome.