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I think he is just an an honest person who is honest about his frustration with various things that any sane person should be frustrated with.

I find his videos quite relatable including the topic you just mentioned.

I guess real honesty is not really socially acceptable for most of society.

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Except for his own businesses and work, he refuses to understand or acknowledge that everything is composed of sequences of tradeoffs and they are that way for a reason. His schtick is painting things black and white instead and telling "they are out to get you, play you for fools, that is why things are the way they are, the world is being unfair to you! but you are clever and you won't fall into that trap!" - that elicits an emotional response from some and converts to views and clicks. Maybe that is not his schtick, but how he genuinely sees the world, that I don't know. It was the same when he had a couple thousand subscribers, and the same today, he is very consistent.

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