Growing up the son of a wealthy emerald-mine owning dysfunctional family in apartheid South Africa explains a lot of his behavior too.
And grandson of the head of the “technocracy” party in Canada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_N._Haldeman
I mean, that dude died when he was 3. It is possible his views were passed onto his mother, but.
I mean… we all have that friend who does mushrooms or drops acid and thinks they are the savior of the human race.
The only difference is that the next day they have to go work their shift at IHOP rather than waking up and being the richest person in the world.
Those are true, non-addictive, psychedelics and the world would be a better place if more people were given them with a proper guide. Ketamine is significantly different and addictive.
So… You’re saying we shouldn’t be giving the richest man in the world an animal tranquilizer along with unlimited power over our government?
That does seem less than optimal, doesn’t it?
Now, forcing him to take auyahausca with a real hard ass of a shaman to confront him might have utility. Then, maybe he should have to live a life of service. Cleaning and caring for the elderly and infirm in a third world slum, some of his billions could be used to pay to have this be supervised.
That might be good.
He has, ultimately, too much money for him to accidently experience a brush with sanity…
I know, but let me have my happy thoughts.
I’ve had my own experiences with psychedelics. I believe they have huge potential for psychotherapy but at the same time I absolute have to acknowledge the risks of psychosis. Handle with care!
No doubt! They are powerful medicine and should be used with guidance, especially at first.
I really like the trip guide method. An experienced person can shepard a person or small group through a trip. There is counseling before hand, maybe goals or problems to be considered during, counseling/discussion in the weeks afterwards. Screen for familial psychosis/schizoid disorders.
Medicine that should be respected, not really something to party with.
I agree. Personally while being very careful I always did it alone. Partially because there are only a few people I truly trust, there is a stigma on all types of drugs and of course because it’s illegal so there are no “licensed” professionals that could monitor me.
I had some very good and eye / mind opening experiences but also some very scary ones that took months to digest mentally.
It’s not drugs, he’s just a douche
Could be both
Drug fuelled douche
Totally
Musk = POS Nazi wannabe!
Add Kanye West to that list as well
I’m currently taking 80mg ketamine troches and can verify that I am not a sociopathic Nazi.
They gave my cat ket before they euthanized her. She looked absolutely blissful, but certainly in no fit state to run a government.
I mean this in the nicest way, but your cat would make an excellent replacement for the current governor.
Lenny’s Cat 2028
LENNY’S CAT! LENNY’S CAT! LENNY’S CAT!
Hell I’d make a dead cat leader of DOGE over the current one
Is this what “dead cat bounce” means?
Yeah, no shit. Now how do we make it stop?
Gun?
Yes Rico
So here’s one thing: all humans are the same.
It doesn’t matter how evil you are, you are not immune to guilt, when you fuck up millions of people you are going to be affected. They (corrupted rulers) are probably on multiple drugs and pills to patch up their conditions.
It doesn’t matter how evil you are, you are not immune to guilt
Not true. Malignant narcissists like Trump don’t experience guilt, shame, etc.
Wrong. They may not experience guilt and shame the same way you do, they may have their own beliefs and sensibility levels but nobody is immune to guilt the same way nobody is immune to physical pain. Nobody is born a malignant narcissist or a money addict. They are compensating.
Come on he has a case study of one…
You’re lucky you apparently have never met a narcissist.
Yeah that’s kinda what my joke was about.
Excuses at this point
Along with those unsettling side effects, the psychopharmacology researcher and her team also found that regular users scored very high on delusional thinking scales and seemed to be convinced that they were receiving secret messages sent to them alone
Sounds like him but honestly money and power is probably enough to explain his delusional behaviour
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Hey look, the media blaming drugs for stupid people doing stupid shit.
This isn’t the ketamine. He would probably be even worse without it.
A fragile ego and sense of entitlement could also explain a lot of it. This comes from experience and, thankfully, at least some people can get better.
Or him having been an entitled narcissist surrounded by sycophants for his entire life.
I have a lot of ketamine users in my town and many highly functioning ones and it’s very clear that the drug has long tail disassociative effects. They are so disconnected and zombie like despite seemingly functional.
I say this as a psychonaut myself - long term K use is pretty scary but people are afraid to shit on K because if not abused it’s seems to have a lot of powerful positive effects on many.
Life is literally an exercise in balance and homeostasis. Too much of anything is almost always bad in the long term.
Yeah I mean, water and oxygen can both kill you in high enough amounts.
when you get the message, hang up the phone
My mother had to take it for a nerve condition and it fucked her up. Ruined parts of her nervous system and she required physical therapy to be able to grasp objects again.
She has now been in several car accidents since cause she goes into hazes and acts differently. I’m not sure it has good side effects other than being an incredibly strong tranquilizer and disassociative.
Lots of drugs are considered highly by their users but this one seems to have some pretty rough sides to make it sound at all positive to me.
