[wincy]

I think as men we have a deep seated need to have a strong leader we respect. If we went into the woods and made a tribe I’d for sure want Joe Rogan or Elon Musk making the decisions. Joe Rogan gives even the village idiot a fair shake to make their point on his podcast. It’s like watching a wise king preside over court. There’s not some big gay mystery here, it’s hardwired “if we go hunting a mammoth, I want Joe Rogan leading the hunt and presiding over the feast!”.

[_whiteCaps_]

I keep hearing this meme repeated lately (most recently by the My Pillow guy), and I guess my brain is wired differently, but oh boy, would I hate that society.

[mrguyorama]

"Great person" ideology never works. Nobody is right about most things, and nobody is an expert on more than a few things, it simply isn't feasible.

I don't understand asking non-experts their opinion on basically anything.

[pjc50]

https://web.archive.org/web/20170131155837/http://www.nybook...

"I had also learned that freedom of speech means freedom from rhetoric."

(if you've never read the whole thing, it's worth it, far beyond the list)

[staticman2]

Really, you can't think of a better conceivable leader than Joe Rogan or Elon Musk, even in a fantasy scenario you've invented?