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Elon is an organic target for cancel culture. I say organic because I haven’t been able to theorize how these things are coordinated (the attacks on Joe Rogan all of a sudden). It feels so coordinated but there is simply no central PR agency doing it.

So, my best theory is that it’s kinda like the paparazzi. You find the celebrities going through a train wreck life situation (divorce, drugs, etc) and cover them. This organically brings the tabloids to specific targets.

Elon is a very natural target. In this case he has taken a strong stance on workers being able to work during Covid, so in a way he put his battle flag up on that hill. That’s the hill the parasites will flock to.

Rogan took a stance on free speech. So that’s the hill they fought him on (found all the shit he has to apologize for).

The market for this is quite natural at this point, and I have no other words to describe it as repetitious as it is.

parent crate_barre 4 years ago

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