Max Azzarello, who set himself on fire in NYC, was a CT loon, obsessed with crypto being part of a fascist global coup

[Celerity]

I will not post a link to his Substack, sorry

here is enough of a slice to see he is deranged:



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more lunacy

[hlthe2b]

1. Yeah... He's gone off the map.

But admittedly, crypto is close enough to a Ponzi scheme that I will have nothing to do with it. So that piece may be exaggerated, but not necessarily "crazy." The rest? Uggh... The poor guy got brainwashed somewhere. Wonder what he watched and read and who he interacted with.

Still, a tragedy resulting in (with little doubt) a very painful and extended death.

[Celerity]

2. this is scary (he got close enough to Bill Clinton to get a pic with him)

[hlthe2b]

5. Yikes!

[LeftInTX]

13. Clinton may have been out of office in that pic.

Azzarello would have been only 6-14 during his presidency.

He looks a bit older and Clinton looks a bit older too.

[Celerity]

16. Oh, for sure it was taken long after Clinton was POTUS

FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON DELIVERS FIRST PUBLIC POST PRESIDENCY US SPEECH, 2001-03-26 (photo)

[misanthrope]

20. He didn't get "brainwashed." He is mentally ill.

He could have latched onto any number of ideas or seeds of ideas then twisted them to suit his perilous psychological state. This isn't really about politics as much as it is healthcare and our society's woeful job of addressing mental illness.

[hlthe2b]

22. I never said he wasn't mentally ill but only discussing his apparent history of CT writings.

It is not a given that progressive disorientation, conspiracy theories, and media-driven/influenced paranoia could not have preceded a full mental breakdown. It is not a "given" he was chronically mentally ill. We may find out eventually. Regardless, even those with diagnosed (and medically treated) severe mental illness--including schizophrenia--can be pushed over the edge by paranoia-inciting exposures. In some cases, a "chicken v egg"--which came first phenomenon.

If you think that mental breakdown and even progressive mental illness cannot be induced--including by drug use/abuse, intense sleep deprivation and other phenomenon, read about the LSD experiments the CIA did on otherwise "bright and mentally healthy" employees in the 50s-60s. Here's a start:
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/09/758989641/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chief

No, I am certainly not suggesting this man was a victim of the above, only that we may find that he had not had a history of diagnosed or even suspected mental illness--only progressive obsessive beliefs in his conspiracy theories--which may or may not have likewise reflected some mental disorder.

[Hekate]

3. I hope the cops immediately went on a welfare check to family & roommates

[walkingman]

4. From what I can tell from his manifesto he seems articulate but appears

to maybe have had a mental breakdown? I guess he decided that if he set himself on fire it would bring attention to his research that obviously has taken over his life. I haven't heard if he died but setting yourself on fire is not the way I would choose to commit suicide....yikes.

Sadly many in our society seems to have been taken by conspiracy theories these days.

[Celerity]

6. NYPD said it is not looking good that he survives, but did not 100 per cent rule it out that he does

[obamanut2012]

12. It would be a blessing to him if he dies

He was literally charred.

[chouchou]

9. Your kind words are very true.

[WarGamer]

7. one of those checking under the bed for fascists nightly...

[Kingofalldems]

14. Trump is right in front of us.

Along with his pals.

[dutch777]

8. I might have bought a billboard or a page ad in the Sunday NYT. Really sad. Crypto is worthless but still...

[Celerity]

10. strange defintion of worthless

[bucolic_frolic]

11. A global psychologist for the masses

Whatever that means. Disturbed and disturbing.

These lone wolves, or should that be loan wolves in his case?, are so certain of their analysis and have no one to talk things over with. Sad. Very very sad.

[mzmolly]

24. Yes. In their mind, they know things others haven't

figured out.

[StarryNite]

15. It's not surprising that the tRump press secretary is trying to pass it off!

Trump campaign comments on man who set himself on fire

“Not knowing the motivations behind this sickening situation, it’s difficult to make any definitive remarks, other than to say we are thankful that to the best of our present knowledge, nobody other than the individual in question was hurt," national press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

She also thanked "the great first responders of the City of New York for their actions.""Today is more proof that our nation is in deep trouble," Leavitt added before using Trump's campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-hush-money-trial-day-4-live-updates-rcna145937

Was this part of the "all hell breaks loose" tRump was hoping for and egging on?

[mathematic]

17. An anti-capitalist promoting "both-sides" conspiracies

Obviously not MAGA but still poisoned by online discourse.

Though I'm not sure anybody that specifically lists The Simpsons as one of the three pillars of his theory of social decay is ever going to be what most people consider "healthy".

[struggle4progress]

18. Maybe he could hire himself out as an expert witness:

the Tennessee legislature could hire him to testify on chemtrails; the Iado legislature could hire him to testify about cannibalism; and so on

[MOMFUDSKI]

19. I don't think the crypto part is at all crazy.

He is mentally ill but not stupid.

[Celerity]

27. As of today, out of a 21 million total supply ever, around 19.7 bitcoin have been mined

only around 1.3 million left to be mined

https://bitbo.io/how-many-bitcoin/





It will take, at current mining rates, over 100 years (around the year 2140) to hit the 21 million mark (due to 'halving' and increasing complexity of the probelm-solving equations that are how it is mined)

But lets assume we are there already

Estimates suggest that around 6 million BTC, or 30% of Bitcoin's supply, have been irretrievably lost (destroyed or lost wallets, lost keys, etc etc)

So that leaves, if all are mined, roughly 15 million bitcoin.

At a price (near today's price) of 65,000 USD per bitcoin

that means the market cap (total value) is only around 1 trillion USD (975 billion USD to be exact)

that is less than the US government spends in 2 months

hardly some 'make or break' system-destroying pool of wealth

[mzmolly]

21. Poor guy didn't get the right mental health care.

Obviously intelligent and articulate - but clearly needs/needed medication and therapy.

[lindysalsagal]

23. An acute example of the american mental illness problem.

We ignore it at our peril.

I believe we need to build mental health and addiction treatment infrastructure, and stop using the police and justice and prisons to hide it.

[GenThePerservering]

25. Leavitt is a crass opportunist

using this tragedy to pump the brand.

[sop]

26. You know Trump will say the guy set himself on fire to protest his unfair prosecution.

[captain queeg]

28. Trump will be disappointed

He’d like to think it’ll all about him.

[GreenWave]

29. Trump calling the "Antifa" fascists may have caused some neural misfiring.

When both sides are fascists it is called a GOP gathering.

[BigmanPigman]

30. Classic cult behavior.

Trump Derangement Syndrome at work.

[LeftInTX]

31. He wasn't a Trump supporter

He worked on Ami Bera's campaign about 10 years ago.

He went down weird rabbit holes.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/man-sets-himself-on-fire-outside-trump-trial

[hlthe2b]

32. He was too "down the rabbit hole" to call him anything, politically. Maybe early on. See this pic from yesterday:

Azzarello pictured outside the courthouse on Thursday, just day before he set himself ablaze. REUTERS