getting your opinions entirely from stand-up comics, Bigfoot forums, and various men named Dave might not be the optimal method for acquiring knowledge
getting your opinions entirely from stand-up comics, Bigfoot forums, and various men named Dave might not be the optimal method for acquiring knowledge
Let’s leave the role of the US alone for now. I was just sharing my perspective in context or recent developments.
I can see how the term degeneracy could be seen as loaded in the US context.
But then my question would be, how would you describe Rogan’s behaviour and the fact that this particular act had zero impact on Rogan’s popularity? One could say that at the very least his following (and he is one of the largest media personalities in his home country) is tolerant of such acts.
I would even go as far as saying that in other cultures even conservatives would share my views about the regressive nature of Rogan’s behaviour and the tolerance of his following for such antics.
It’s absolutely concerning. Rogan, aware or not, is promoting fasist propaganda and revisionism.
The alt-right influence online has played, and continues to, normalize this kind of fascism for many people in the US. The systematic erosion of the education system in America, not just higher but all the way to elementary, has played a major role in this. Not for Joe, that may be the WWE lol, but certainly for the audience. The atomization of people also play a big role IMO. People have far fewer friends and groups IRL nowadays. I think that is absolutely making parasocial relationships, like with podcasters (or any other online personality) far more common than it would be otherwise.