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idk dude, I’d personally be more surprised if that was their platform because while it would still be a horrific violation of human rights, it would be too consistent with itself. I’d probably accuse them of using ChatGPT to write it or something.
You're probably right, I just remembered Jesse Lobotomy Peterson, and I realise there are enough people on his level, otherwise he wouldn't have a platform.
The ironic part is that he’s probably actually intelligent and just a malefactor. You need to be at least more intelligent than the people you’re grifting to successfully grift them.
Wait, so that's an act? How can someone say the things he is saying with a straight face? That's just Oscar level acting if that's the case. I just assumed he had 3 brain cells...
I mean perhaps I’m just too cynical, but I expect a lot of these pundits don’t get high off their own supply if you catch my drift. In Peterson’s case, his Wikipedia page has a couple things that smell like grift to me:
All of that to me reads as a cunning individual that’s using gullible and ignorant people to line his own pockets.
Damn, that's crazy, and it looks like you're right. He must have the acting talent to make it big in Hollywood, and would have probably made a lot more too... But instead chose to make the world a worse place.
I still can't fathom being aware and saying the things he is saying with a straight face.