I don’t think he thinks he’ll go to prison at this point. He spent his entire life avoiding it.

Nah, screw you. I’m not the one constantly thinking about a dead dude. People can’t even admit who killed him.

If you’re so focused on team politics that you can’t even imagine “your side” killing someone you like, you’re a lost cause. People like that will not help us at all long term.

Its the celebrity effect. I even saw it with otherwise respected individuals like Neil DeGrasse Tyson. People fundamentally cannot understand that a person who is a subject matter expert in one are may be completely out of their element in another area. Add in social media letting then (intentionally or not) amplify their most mundane thoughts and boom. You’re ah “influencer” on any topic you choose to talk about.

Joe Rogan seemed different because he had the sense to bring other smart people on and let them talk. But that mask slipped off over the years.

You’re mostly right. But things do matter. No one wanted to go to war. And the consequences of going to war was so bad that Cheney didn’t even try to run for president. Literally no one in America wanted to be involved in Iran, and now Trump’s cult is melting down as their gas prices explode. This absolutely will affect midterms.

Suck that change for the people is slow, but it happens. Actions still have consequences.

Libertarianism makes sense in a culture where you feel markets will keep themselves honest.

Reality , of course, is disappointing and I was a stupid young man for believing that.

Not necessarily. They believed whatever their podcast host on Twitch said to believe, and they were paid to say “believe in Trump”. Or at best “both sides are the same it doesn’t matter”

Democrats meanwhile did nothing because they are extremely slow with adapting to how the youth consume news.

And if they try to not disclose and get caught, they get fined.

The idea isn’t perfection, because scams always exist. It’s to make it super risky to attempt to scam and discourage the largest platforms from doing it.

Wealth doesn’t trickle down, but losses do. Sadly, AAA studios collapsing will affect indies’ abilities to get funding , so expect to feel some pain there too.

This is already being felt these last few years as many gaming publishers shifted to funding AI.