I think it's about losing patience with ideas he already holds, seeing that they never get a chance for implementation. I believe this happens to all of us as we get older, regardless of our political beliefs.
Im betting its more of the fact that he got a pretty serious lawsuit by Sony at his early age, which probably does not do good for ones mental development. Getting beaten down like that by the world would probably leave a good number of people with a general disdain for society. Happened to Musk as well.
He also self admittedly got addicted to painkillers at one point in time, so that doesn't help either.
He also self admittedly got addicted to painkillers at one point in time, so that doesn't help either.
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