rant · moment 19 of 24
Deplatforming Alex Jones as Pure Corporate Cowardice
from Kurt Metzger · #135
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3 minTim argues tech companies ban controversial figures only when it threatens profits, comparing it to old record labels hiding Black artists from album covers, then discusses money and addiction with Kurt.
- 52:43Tim explains the "coward reasoning" behind deplatforming and corporate profit motives driving decisions.
- 53:12Tim compares his addiction to Oxycontin to how money itself might function as an addiction for wealthy people.
- 53:22Patrice O'Neal's bit about not understanding money, and how some people have an art for interfacing with wealth and opportunity.
- 53:59Tim distinguishes between standups who work for their success and people who succeed by having the right opinions, package, and connections.
- 54:33Tim jokes about potentially having kids only if he "Anthony Bourdains" them at the last minute without college obligations.
- 55:06The guest notes Tim's willingness to die being right and fight the battle, describing it as being a "loose cannon" that's bad for production.
- 55:29Guest asks whether having kids would force Tim to sometimes shut up and not be right.