@robotrecall @rodhilton In essence, the same grift JBP is doing. Or Trump, for that matter. Only he does it with cars, not with self-improvement books or politics.
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@robotrecall @rodhilton In essence, the same grift JBP is doing. Or Trump, for that matter. Only he does it with cars, not with self-improvement books or politics. 2 comments
@iteration523 @rodhilton None of these guys are supervillains any more than they’re superheroes. That’s giving them way too much credit. They’re just people. |
@iteration523 @rodhilton Pretty much, except I feel pretty comfortable assuming that Jordan Peterson is fully possessed of the capacity to know that he’s grifting, and Trump seems to take pride in it. I don’t know if this is an accurate read on it or a product of my own assumptions, but Elon Musk very much struck me as a victim of it at first, though he has absolutely become a perpetrator regardless of whether that’s true.