1/West is no more “mentally ill” than Musk. They are both exhibiting signs of heavy influence. Indeed it is some kind of plantation mindset that seems to want to excuse West as lacking agency and being a victim while assuming Musk has full agency. In fact, evidence suggests they have collaborated for years and continue to do so now.

https://davetroy.medium.com/the-big-history-behind-january-6th-coda-the-redpill-deception-and-the-tipping-point-312aeb98fb3d

The Big History Behind January 6th, Coda: The Redpill Deception and the Tipping Point

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2/What we are seeing here is a form of Kayfabe intended to warp the Overton window, choke out other reasoned discourse, and scramble our sense-making capacity. Don’t let them do it. Give them no quarter. This is a war; expect acts of war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe

Kayfabe - Wikipedia

3/When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
4/Seriously. When Musk is unhinged people ask, “why… what’s the endgame?” When West does it, it’s “the man needs help, people are taking advantage of him.” It’s a double standard. Stop it. Start learning about influence and how it works. Learn about modem information war. They are each performing a role, and taking the world for fools. Don’t let them.
@davetroy The bipolar disorder they share, and the need for attention, and relevance makes theses men vulnerable. It’s unfortunate that they have such a large platform and resources. We need less sociopaths in leadership roles in this country. #BeBetterAmerica
@davetroy my mo is to be vulgarly dismissive in concert with the magnitude of their offense, but people don't like that.
@davetroy They are taking the world, FROM fools, as well.
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Interesting that some of this West talk started ratcheting up after he settled in Wyoming. I'm sure Erik Prince and his band of misfits have no interest in using his status to their ends.

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I'd say there's also an element of West being considered an artist though the same kind of excuse making doesn't always happen for artists, musicians, etc. but West has always promoted himself as a creative genius. IMO he's helped cultivate the excuses of mental illness. It starts with claims of eccentricity etc.

There's a lot more that can be said about this that's not worth getting into.

I think West's motives are far more material and he's a willing participant.

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I mean the guy was flat out asking for a billion dollars not that long ago. He worked with Kushner/Trump to try and form a fake candidacy to siphon votes away from Democrats in order to help Trump win.

He knows what he's doing. He has ulterior motives. He's not the tortured artist pretend he his. He's not being taken advantage of by others. He wanted to buy Parler (perhaps not a sincere gesture on his part).

There are things motivating his behavior of which we're not aware.