Robert Downey Jr is the obvious case of a person who had a redemption arc, to simplify it he was a promising actor that got addicted to drugs, fell off, went to rehab and then became a huge hollywood big stsr known, even known for being Iron Man.
What real life person had a redemption arc?
Jimmy Carter was always a nice guy, but a hapless president. His reputation improved substantially after he started doing work for Habitat for Humanity. He was no longer the guy chased by a swamp rabbit while out fishing; he was a humanitarian, doing his damnedest to serve the community.
Yeah, nah mate.
He’ll always be a war criminal who increased funding and arms to Indonesia while turning a blind eye to their genocide of the Timorese.
Fuck Jimmy Carter from the bottom of my heart.
Elon Musk. Started as a likeable tech billionaire but eventually redeemed himself to the right wing fascists and extreme edge lords.
Similar to this, there’s this guy who’s close to the living embodiment of the Seven Deadly Sins - venal failed casino owner, corrupt real estate developer, unfaithful porn star fucker, boastful self promoter slapping his own name on all sorts of things from buildings to steaks to scammy colleges. He hasn’t directly killed anyone, but arguably is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths.
And, yet, to some people, he’s basically become the right hand of the God.
I just want to know what the actual fuck happened to him. I know a lot of people will say he was always a man-child and there’s some things to back that up for sure. But I swear COVID does something to some people and they just turned into complete unredeemable asses.
I remember watching a time lapsed video of his flights he took over the years that Tesla was struggling, The Gigafactory was under construction and SpaceX was getting set up. I think it broke him in some way.
