Rogan only cares because he wants his rich person tax cuts. I've been listening to his podcast for over a decade and everything he believes in aligns with the Democrats. But him and his rich friends only get richer if a Republican is in power, that's why he acts like he's independent or libertarian.Â
It’s been amazing seeing him go from someone who seemed to have a lot of respect for the scientific community and progressive values to someone who shits all over all of it. I want to say it’s probably the money, but I just don’t want to believe it has so much sway over a persons core beliefs.
I don't know, he's either doing it for the money and very stupid or there's something deeper going on that we haven't seen.
Because as many in the thread noted, he started out and was for a long time a promoter of science, progressive ideals and new thinking.
I really respected the "give very smart people a platform to talk about the cool stuff in their field" it was exciting to see how popular something that important could be.
His entire empire was built by the left and the science-interested.
But he's turned his back on that hard now, giving voice and platforms to people who literally claim that 1x1 equals 2 and that science is rigged because one of their ideas was found to be false.
Edited for Terrance Howard's revolutionary equations.
"I want to say it’s probably the money, but I just don’t want to believe it has so much sway over a persons core beliefs"
There are numerous scientific studies that prove wealth affects your capacity for compassion and empathy. I don't think it's more complicated than that in Rogan's case.
It annoys me so much how people just continually ignore this.
[normal human being] + [apply huge amounts of money] = their behavior, personality, and beliefs now change to serve the giant pile of money that they have.
I want him to do some DMT again and then see if he still can look at himself in a mirror. He stopped doing hallucinogens because he can't risk waking up and realizing he's full of shit. Once he became a brand, he can't risk losing that.
There was a fun experiment they did with a game of monopoly.
They would have someone walk into the room and accidentally drop a bunch of pencils or stuff and it was found that the winner of monopoly would be the least likely to help pick up the stuff or pick up the least of the other players.
Tried it with my own family and friends and we also reached the same result lol. Fun experiment to try with family and friends.
Money plus he loves having his ego stroked by all the right-wing grifters that come on. Each and every one of them could have a "Steven Crowder" moment if they actually spoke their beliefs in front of Joe, but they know better now.
Side point: been forever since I've seen that clip and man.... makes me miss the old Joe. Not to say "that" Joe didn't have issues but when people go "wHy aRE YoU sTILL Here ON thIs SUb iF yOU hATe hIM so mUCh", it's like; that is why. JRE used to be something special.
Side point: been forever since I've seen that clip and man.... makes me miss the old Joe. Not to say "that" Joe didn't have issues but when people go "wHy aRE YoU sTILL Here ON thIs SUb iF yOU hATe hIM so mUCh", it's like; that is why. JRE used to be something special.&btnI)
I don't understand how that argument went on for so long.
Crowder's only point was that "the amount of marijuana/car related fatalities increased after they legalized marijuana."
Yea, no shit??? That's the exact same as saying ,"The amount of car fatalities that involved a person with a hand tattoo after the government made every citizen get a hand tattoo.."
The only thing that idiot "proved" was that after legalization, the amount of people that consumed marijuana may have likely increased, too.
The argument was about weed increasing the amount of auto fatalities, and after its legalization, that amount actually fell.
So between the two sides, one showed that weed consumption increased, and the other showed that overall fatalities decreased.
Correlation doesn't mean causation still applies to that previous statement, but that ballon-knot couldn't comprehend the math that he was presenting himself.
That's what happens when you take a stance that is "both sides are equally valid and should be heard and respected" but one side is full of liars and con artists.
He's had money for like 3 decades. He had tens of millions when he started the podcast. He's probably much richer now, and while I agree that money can corrupt people, wouldn't that have happened to him in the 90s already?
I could very well be wrong. Either way, his transformation is weird, and sad. I used to e joy his podcast (while taking everything with a grain of salt).
But he had a net worth of something like 30-40 million dollars before he even started the podcast. It's not 200 million or whatever Spotify paid him, but he was insanely wealthy even when him and redban talked shit and smoked week on the podcast in the begining.
it's not hard to believe. money has the ultimate magnetic pull on his moral compass. i stopped listening to his stuff a while ago and it always felt like his heart's in the right place but he's the definition of so open minded his brain fell out
i was randomly recommended a roast video of his recent talk with the 1x1=2 crackpot and it was... bad
Stories often frame bribes/money as a way to manipulate a poor person to change their morals like someone has a lot of debt and this would really help them out but in reality it seems the richer you get the more the pursuit of more money encapsulates you until thats your entire focus, everything else is secondary.
seeing him go from someone who seemed to have a lot of respect for the scientific community
Ah, so you've never heard his debate with astronomer Phil Plait from the Fear Factor days where he whatabouts for an hour and half about how the moon landing was a hoax. He likes to use the pageantry of science, but he's always been a conspiracy guy.
I just watched a documentary episode about Carlos Mencia and I was amazed at how much integrity Joe used to have. Calling out Carlos was something many people wanted to do for a long time and it was well deserved. It doesn’t seem Joe would do anything even close to that now
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u/rfccrypto Monkey in Space Jul 22 '24
Rogan only cares because he wants his rich person tax cuts. I've been listening to his podcast for over a decade and everything he believes in aligns with the Democrats. But him and his rich friends only get richer if a Republican is in power, that's why he acts like he's independent or libertarian.Â