I don't really buy into the theory that something changed in the last couple years. Men don't change in their 50s (not without trauma anyways.)
This is stuff that was there before and held very very close.
This is stuff that was there before and held very very close.
I suspect covid, both the stress of the event itself, psychological impact from isolation, and brain damage from the disease, screwed people up more than we give it credit for.
The PayPal Mafia smell a lot like those guys, like a 21st century unit of the same brigade. Some may have just waited longer than the others before dropping their cover.