I think derogatorily referring to Elon as Elmo might hurt this cause as well

TBF, Navarro IS dumber than a sack of bricks

(finally)

Elon went from being the Thomas Edison of our time to being the Thomas Edison of our time

Only by practicing the art of living, by mastering the virtues and spiritual values that dignify existence, can we develop a right minded and loving character and be truly free.>>

It is through this betrayal of the elites that man becomes mass-man and his identity is reduced to that of a client, voter, viewer, or money-addict.

<<People are left high and dry by the business elite, who have the strongest influence in our capitalist democracy. They have poisoned society with the idea that earning a lot of money is the most important thing in life.

Reiman's answer to this is humanism (specifically for him old European humanism) with its universal values of truth, beauty, justice, and love for life, which he expounds upon in the second essay.

Similar to how Žižek described the omnipresent objective violence, Fanon demonstrates that decolonization inherently cannot be peaceful, as colonization is built on and from violence. Colonization is violence, and replacing it with decolonization requires violence (according to Fanon).

All in all, a fascinating, worthwhile read. Many of these ideas have stuck with me for the past 15 years since I first read it.