“These lovely small towns,” he told Rogan, “in England, Scotland and Ireland, they’ve been sort of living their lives quietly. But the reason they’ve been able to enjoy the Shire is because hard men have protected them from the dangers of the world. That view draws energy both from paranoiac conspiracy theories and from actual, and actually horrifying, instances of violent crime, including rape. Musk went on to allude to a recent high-profile case of alleged child sexual assault in this country, involving a 10-year-old girl who went missing from Tusla care. The suspect, in his 20s and originally from Africa, came to the country seeking international protection some six years ago.
