Musk, The Rise of Western Fascism? And why Canada is Falling Apart.
- Alex Pepn
- Feb 2
- 4 min read
Updated: Apr 11
By Alex The Builder Philosopher
26 January 2025
Yesterday, to my daughter’s great pleasure, we did a little painting activity. She picked the theme—penguins.
Without thinking too much, I set myself to work and painted what I thought was just a fun little piece. But the next morning, during my training session, I found myself staring at it for 45 minutes, unsettled. Something about it felt dark. The penguins were marching with intent, a Roman eagle flying high above, pyramids in the background with the all-seeing Egyptian eye.
Why did I paint this? What does it mean?
Looking back at my week, the biggest thing that stood out was my ongoing discovery of human consciousness and spirituality.
A few hours before the painting, I had shared my vision for my next lifetime project with a great friend—a PhD and philosopher. We talked about the importance of staying grounded. Too much spirituality and the project would never be financially viable. Too much materialism, and it would lose all meaning. Once again, success depends on balance.
Then, I thought about all the fuss around Elon Musk this week. Were my penguins giving the same salute? When you get to the source, Musk raised his hand with noble intent, but clickbait media twisted it. (I half-joked that maybe Wernher von Braun’s spirit suddenly possessed him.) But no wonder people attack him so violently—his life is of biblical proportion. He’s pushing green energy, revolutionizing transport, developing AI to compete with ChatGPT in mere months, defending free speech (with a twist of nationalism), advancing communication technology, and spearheading a path to send humans to other planets to secure humanity’s survival.
That level of achievement makes even high performers like me feel like shit. Imagine how it feels for someone working a 30-hour week, barely scraping by, resigned to a life of mediocrity. The result? Hate. Hate for Musk. Hate for themselves, projected onto him—the Techno King.
Over the week, I also watched a Winston Churchill documentary. Even without diving into the complexities of WWII, one thing stood out: how masterful Nazi propaganda was. Setting aside the atrocities, they ran the most effective marketing campaign of all time.
And that led me to a dark question: Would I have fallen for it?
Picture this: You’ve just been crushed by a world war. You’re nothing, nobody, barely scraping by. Then Hitler comes along and tells you it’s not your fault. He gives you pride. He puts on grand military parades, drapes everything in powerful symbols from ancient Rome and Egypt, and rallies the people under a unified salute. The greatest minds of the time are hyped up on a new miracle drug—amphetamine. He promises a better future.
And at first, it works. Until it spirals out of control.
Look at today’s political landscape in the West. Extreme nationalism is on the rise. People can only be repressed for so long before they snap.
On one side, we see trade wars—Canada, the U.S.—reminiscent of Cold War-era divisions. The U.S. is embracing nationalism, polarizing people against their own long-standing neighbors. When you look at history, it feels eerily like the rise of fascism.
Meanwhile, in Canada, we have an absent leader, and the provinces are left to fend for themselves. Alberta is the only one taking a proactive approach—negotiating with Trump rather than fighting him outright. Sure, a 10% tariff isn’t great, but it’s better than 25%. At least Alberta is doing something.
Canada has everything the U.S. needs to secure its energy and resource independence. They’d happily invest in us if we stopped drowning in endless feasibility studies. But if the U.S. turns inward, shouldn’t Canadian provinces start focusing on their own strengths and negotiating directly? Seems like a win-win. And maybe then our dollar would stop its freefall.
As much as I respect what Trump is doing for his people, I hate the tariffs. But at the same time, I see how they might force Canada to confront its festering issues:
A bloated, bureaucratic system incapable of getting anything done.
A broken immigration system (we accepted 10,000 migrants from a place none of its neighbors would take—history repeating itself?).
Rampant crime, drug abuse, and human trafficking.
Corruption at every level of government (we scoff at Ukraine, but look at our own mess).
A refusal to develop our own resources while our economy crumbles.
Pushing electric cars in a freezing climate.
Forced public transportation in low-density areas.
An attack on single-family homes, with the government pushing people into corporate-owned “stack-and-pack” developments.
A blind allegiance to the WEF’s vision—eerily similar to something straight out of the Chinese Communist Party’s playbook.
Who benefits from this madness? Russia and China—our biggest competitors in resources. Who profits from the forced green energy shift? The same global players killing industry in the West.
Our institutions are collapsing at an alarming rate, following the same path Mao once took:
Destroying history.
Restricting access to food and housing.
Turning generations against each other.
Weakening men, glorifying victimhood.
Indoctrinating children in ideological nonsense.
It’s the perfect breeding ground for a strongman leader to rise. Mao, Stalin, Hitler—they all appeared when their nations were at rock bottom.
So maybe—just maybe—this painting was a warning. A subconscious message about the direction we’re heading.
Canada is in crisis. Decades of government incompetence have brought us here. Take the oil industry—this problem should have been fixed years ago. Yet here we are.
And when I see politicians lecturing Alberta for standing up for itself, I wonder: Maybe it is time to cut off the welfare checks. Maybe the rest of Canada needs to face the reality that Alberta has fought through on its own.
Wake up, people.
What Can We Do?
Take ownership. Stop waiting for the government to solve your problems. It won’t.
Stop believing without understanding. Learn why things are happening. Read history. See the patterns.
Support leaders who take action, not just those who talk. Watch what they do, not what they say.
Build resilience. Mentally. Physically. Financially. Because hard times are coming.
Defend your right to think freely. Because once it’s gone, you’ll never get it back.
Wake up. Before it’s too late.
