The more polarising the topic(s) spoken of, the greater angst one can expect under the weight of the attracted attention.
Who cares? His last original thought was 45 years ago and he’s been milking it ever since. He was a “has been” 20 years ago!
He still sells out huge stadiums all over the globe, so at the very least he’s getting his point of view communicated to a much larger audience than most people could manage, so potential influence.
This website hasn't changed in a decade. They need to reimplement it in NextJS or something.