Kulturkampf

[Uncle]

The thing that interests me most is the thought process. During the pandemic I watched some Joe Rogan for the first time, as well as Joe Budden and others. It's largely the same shit. The way they think is not "normative" or intelligent. It's also performative. They know the audience wants them to "get to the truth" no matter what it is, and that means questioning everything. Was the moon landing faked? Why is the government lying about aliens? Was 911 an inside job? You hook people with that and then go deeper and deeper until it's a psychosis of FUD.

there is absolutely nothing wrong with questioning everything as long as your eventual answer to the question represents reality

the alternate is dogma and an unexamined life/belief system

if what you believe is actually true, then it will stand up to scrutiny (and plenty of Joe Rogan's wacko guest theories do not)