Comment by zfg

> This sort of flare-up always feels absolutely critical in the moment—how can one possibly justify not dropping everything to orbit around it?—and then vanishes. Their half life is so brief that I'm surprised people don't notice how ephemeral they are.

You're wrong.

It's not going away: https://www.axios.com/2025/01/23/elon-musk-nazi-joke-adl

It's who and what he is: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/25/elon-musk...

It's who he wants to be.