Man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial identified as ‘researcher’ who posted conspiracy-laden manifesto moments earlier
Man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial identified as ‘researcher’ who posted conspiracy-laden manifesto moments earlier
The NYPD identified the man as Maxwell Azzarello, 37, who is now in critical condition in Cornell burns unit. He has a long history of posting conspiracy theories and railing against the rich and powerful
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Here’s his ramblings:
https://theponzipapers.substack.com/p/i-have-set-myself-on-fire-outside
Calls himself a researcher, doesn't provide any of his research.
I no longer have my original research files from the crypto rabbit hole. If you want to see them, you’ll have to get my laptop back from the government. Ask them how they got it - it’s a very fun story.
Oh yeah, "the government" has all his research. Which government? Oh you know, the government. Because apparently this super genius researcher was unfamiliar with the concept of "backups".
Is this the adult version of “the dog ate my homework”?
He does have citations
The guys unhinged. He puts Matt groening orbiting the center of some great conspiracy while at the same time his main point is correct.
I've seen people fall down these rabbit holes and have them trigger something that drives them away from sanity. It's sad af
It would be pretty funny if he hadn't set himself on fire over it. It's distressing that he fell that far in and had no one in his life that was able to pull him back from the edge.
So I asked myself the question: If The Simpsons served the interests of organized crime, how would it do so?
I'm just saying, there is a very thin line between genius and insanity...
Yeah, this thing vacillates wildly between insightful and utter nonsense more than perhaps anything else I've ever read.
I thought this line was impressive:
...fascism, which is perhaps best understood as kleptocracy at the barrel of a gun.
Eh, that describes capitalism too.
Fascism doesn't exist without capitalism. There's been vicious and authoritarian socialist/communist states, but not fascist