not necessarily disputing any of his conclusions, but I find his style of argument frustratingly slippery, always generalizing broadly from weak evidence
He was much more effective at disputing narratives than he was at creating alternative ones. But no one can deny his ability to captivate and inspire the imagination
This essay: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/whats-the-point-if-we-cant-hav... is so bad, so dogmatic, and so obnoxious, verging on something that feels to me like intellectual dishonesty, that I ended a friendship with someone who praised it as "beautiful."
This was one of my favorite talks he gave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn78MhPmbCc