“Rolling Stone reported, [Theo] Von is not the only manosphere influencer starting to distance himself from the Trump administration. Twitch streamer Adin Ross and Joe Rogan are both also questioning their role in promoting the Trump campaign last year, now that President Donald Trump is doing all the things he said he was going to do when all these podcasters were yucking it up with him on their shows. Which, once again, begs the question: Why are these guys so fucking stupid? But their blatant stupidity is why they’re so popular. It’s the uncomfortable truth underpinning pretty much everything that’s happened in pop culture — including politics — since the 2010s social media revolution. The online platforms that created our new world, run on likes and shares and comments and views, reshaped the marketplace of ideas into an attention economy. One that, like a real economy, is full of very popular garbage. And, also like a real economy, is now so vast and important that it’s virtually impossible to change it. If you want access to it, you better get comfortable making lowest-common-denominator bullshit in front of a camera. And, of course, it’s a lot easier to feel good about doing that if you’re an idiot.”
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