# @brivael: X profile (context) Related: [[Topics/Fascism, Nazism and the Left-Right Spectrum/Fascism, Nazism and the Left-Right Spectrum|Fascism, Nazism and the Left-Right Spectrum (topic)]] · [[Topics/Fascism, Nazism and the Left-Right Spectrum/Post Analysis - brivael on the Far Right Label (2026-10-24)|Post analysis]] · [[Topics/Fascism, Nazism and the Left-Right Spectrum/Video Transcript - brivael Hitler Was Far Left (2026-10-22)|Video transcript]] · [[Topics/Fascism, Nazism and the Left-Right Spectrum/People/Brivael Le Pogam|Brivael Le Pogam (person)]] > This is a **context profile**. It was written for one post and its thread and is not a timeline or archive collection. ## Identity - **Display name:** Brivael Le Pogam · **Handle:** [@brivael](https://x.com/brivael) · **User ID:** 1874492187070615552 - **Bio:** "Argil AI (YC S24) CEO&CTO. My book : brivaellepogam.gumroad.com/l/theshiftingwall Freedom fighter." · **Website:** argil.ai - **Location:** Paris · **Joined:** Jan 1, 2025 · **Verified:** blue - **Real-world identity:** co-founder of Argil, Y Combinator Summer 2024. The [YC page](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/argil) lists him as Founder/**CTO** and Laodis Ménard as Founder/CEO, while his bio says "CEO&CTO" ⚠️. Career per LinkedIn: Air Liquide, Early Birds, Crownpeak/Attraqt, Snipets, Argil (2023–). The identity match is solid: the bio links Argil, and his podcast appearances use his name. ## Stats (X API, Oct 24, 2026, about 9:12 AM CT) | Followers | Following | Posts (lifetime) | Listed | |---:|---:|---:|---:| | 226,151 | 1,109 | 37,364 | 909 | - **Volume:** 37,364 posts in about 22 months is roughly 56 a day ⚠️ (my arithmetic). That includes reposts and replies. - He claims +40K followers in two weeks (Oct 24 reply to Le Monde) ❓. I didn't verify it. ## Collected posts (CT) | Date | Post | Note | |---|---|---| | Oct 24, 7:57 AM | [« le scam de l'"extrême droite" »](https://x.com/brivael/status/2113978294169141608) | Rotherham, Jay 2014, Casey 2025 | | **Oct 24, 7:49 AM** | **[Far-right label (EN)](https://x.com/brivael/status/2113976200750116898)** · [FR twin](https://x.com/brivael/status/2113976066305831236) | **Trigger.** EN: 7,066 impressions, 408 likes | | Oct 24, 7:36 / 7:42 AM | Reply to Le Monde, [FR](https://x.com/brivael/status/2113972922465325247) / [EN](https://x.com/brivael/status/2113974501620731994) | Jospin quote (truncated); FR 13.8K impressions | | Oct 24, 7:28 AM | [Grok and academia](https://x.com/brivael/status/2113970804299890734) | "Elon is right"; De Gaulle claim ❓ | | Oct 24, 7:19 AM | ["He jailed socialists…"](https://x.com/brivael/status/2113968731822895521) | 11K impressions, 664 likes | | Oct 22, 1:28 PM | [Sarah Knafo defense](https://x.com/brivael/status/2113336669516509212) | | | Oct 22, 1:16 PM | [Video, "Hitler was far left" (EN)](https://x.com/brivael/status/2113333591664988239) | 2.48M impressions; quoted by Musk | | Oct 22, 12:32 PM | [Video (FR)](https://x.com/brivael/status/2113322635866345524) | 156K | | Oct 21, 4:18 PM | [« Hitler était d'extrême gauche »](https://x.com/brivael/status/2113017094002376745) | Quotes Zemmour 2021 | | Oct 21, 3:37 / 4:11 AM | [Globalism / Attali thread](https://x.com/brivael/status/2112825497595858981) · [to Japanese friends](https://x.com/brivael/status/2112834268720185820) | | | Oct 17, 2:57 PM · Oct 17, 8:15 AM · Oct 18, 7:19 AM | ["Do not blame the French people"](https://x.com/brivael/status/2111547275734393052) · ["two monsters"](https://x.com/brivael/status/2111446003756761219) · ["Nuremberg for communism"](https://x.com/brivael/status/2111794285162959196) | First one: 3.4M impressions | Times without a full API read were decoded from the post IDs (Snowflake timestamps). ## Context - **Main themes:** anti-socialism and Austrian economics; France's decline and the October 2026 unrest; immigration and crime; AI and startups; pro-Musk. - **Bilingual strategy:** near-simultaneous French and English twins. Le Monde (Oct 23) presented him as courting foreign right-wing audiences ⚠️ (paywalled). - **Style:** assertive and insulting toward critics ("clowns", "low IQ", « mongols »). He cites real sources (Mises, Hayek, Langbert) and draws conclusions beyond them. - **Media:** Mario Nawfal show (published Oct 19, 2026, 8:37 PM CT); SaaS Connection #161; Substack. - **Interactions with [[marshallpittman]]:** none found (search from Jan 1, 2025). ## Assessment for source reliability - **Facts:** usually real and checkable (laws, dates, quotes), but often stripped of context. Examples: the rest of NSDAP point 24, Jospin's full sentence, Hayek's 1976 caveat, Mussolini's "secolo di destra". - **Inferences:** strongly ideological. On the left-right placement of Nazism he is contradicted by the scholarly consensus. - **Use:** treat him as a pointer to sources, not as a source. Check every quote against the original.