With due respect to those alums, clubmates, etc. and his family who still mourn, it’s pretty clear in June 2025, with Coast Guard findings of fact, whistleblowers, and two damning documentaries, that what went on was darn near cultist and probably criminal had this happened with him on the surface. One also cannot dismiss the sociological element — of the bizarre “disruptor” craze, toys and myopathy of the wealthy. The others who died weren’t “mission specialists,” nor were they tourists. They were victims. There’s the lesson.
With due respect to those alums, clubmates, etc. and his family who still mourn, it’s pretty clear in June 2025, with Coast Guard findings of fact, whistleblowers, and two damning documentaries, that what went on was darn near cultist and probably criminal had this happened with him on the surface. One also cannot dismiss the sociological element — of the bizarre “disruptor” craze, toys and myopathy of the wealthy. The others who died weren’t “mission specialists,” nor were they tourists. They were victims. There’s the lesson.