I don't know why this is still up for discussion. Maybe it's the shock of seeing some dude from Minnesota decide to "become" a giga wigger, despite having had life's best?
Nick himself will tell you he was always like this. I just take him at his word. There's not a single mentally sane person in this world who will torture small animals. There's not a single normal person in this world who will run a crackhead sex cult. There's not a single normal person in this world who will line up balldowashers in the most manipulative way possible. It's a complete lack of empathy.
Drugs don't do that. Drugs can make people violent, but it's an impulsive kind of violent. The difference between Nick and some nigger doing crack and beating dey wife is very simple. Nick has a cold, perverse, and calculating method to his madness, and has always had such. He just let the mask slip, and the booze-coke haze and sheer narcissism prevent him from putting it back on. That's why his kids are gone, but he's discussing streaming changes while drinking whiskey off Monster Energy cans. Oh, and by the way he's only doing that because the state forced him to, as he clearly dindu nuffin, he has it all under control, and it was those Scandinavian prudes slandering him again.