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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
So people who listen to Joe are seemingly too dumb to form their own opinions on things so now everyone is scared that they will follow his advice on issues like masks etc.
Then on the opposite end people are too dumb to do their own research on topics and would likely be completely uniformed on issues without Joe
You can’t fix dumb. If it wasn’t masks and downplaying covid people like this would likely be on some other conspiracy shit anyways.
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You just detailed my biggest fear of this current generation.
You're right, you can't fix dumb, and yet we've never had a time in human history where communication and the roll-out of information has been so easy.
It's created this double sword of sorts where people have become extremely silo'd. It has created platforms such as the JRE which reaches out to millions, every podcast. We've never had a piece of technology that has allowed such a propagation of ideas to this degree, ever.
It's a powerful tool if used benevolently.
Joe, like Trump, loves to represent himself as an "average" guy, carrying no bias, or ulterior motives, when he is far from that. Both are extremely wealthy individuals that have clear financial connections to areas in which they can apply that bias. Look no further to Trump ensuring real estate investors specifically carry a massive tax cut in the recent COVID bill passed in the senate. Joe's ideas on COVID on his podcast seem to carry similar motives in regards to his investments and company ties.
People love a cult of personality, and his followers tend to believe he's the gospel. I can't tell you how many "dudes" I chat with that will mention something from the JRE as plain facts, without spending a second looking into it.
It can end up being extremely dangerous when a guy who has a platform such as his begins to peddle conspiracy theories about Bill Gates and vaccines, or questioning the very validity of a pandemic.