https://traumaawareamerica.org/2025/01/16/elon-musk-and-the-normalization-of-aggressive-masculinity-a-neurobiological-perspective/

Ultra-rich men like Elon Musk can significantly affect the general population, especially in shaping societal attitudes toward issues like identity, success, masculinity, and behavior.

Notable this was published January 16, 2025 before the “On January 20, 2025, while speaking at a rally celebrating U.S. president Donald Trump’s second inauguration, businessman and political figure Elon Musk twice made a salute interpreted by some as a Nazi or a fascist Roman salute.”

More and more people are compulsively adopting Donald Trump behavior, Elon Musk Twitter-think attitudes and anti-empathy anti-humanism behaviors on social machines and public values, workplace values, anti-DEI aggression against women and people considered “weak” in any way.

Musk’s public persona emphasizes traits traditionally associated with hyper-masculinity: dominance, individualism, and a relentless pursuit of achievement and acquisition. This can influence societal norms by reinforcing the idea that success and power are closely tied to these masculine ideals. Research has shown that when prominent figures embody and perpetuate these ideals, it can pressure individuals, especially men, to conform to similar expectations, often at the expense of emotional vulnerability or alternative expressions of identity (Eagly, 2007). This pressure can lead to an increase in stress, anxiety, and other mental health struggles as people try to measure up to these standards.

This is driving more and more sincere, honest, people with values of goodness into silence and avoidance, shutting down from the body public, because this trend has been non-stop since 2013 with the rise of Donald Trump super-star status symbol of what people want as an ideal Boss Man and daily discussion topic. JD Vance being elevated to another iconic leadership symbol in year 2024 has further created a society-wide mimic of these winning social behaviors and strategies.