rant · moment 9 of 19
Public Opinion Is Malleable, Fame Means Nothing Now
from Russian Influencers & Dying At Work | The Tim Dillon Show #408 · #408
5 min
Tim argues that influence campaigns barely matter because American policy isn't driven by public opinion, and that fame itself has become meaningless since people like the Kardashians and Jake Paul have no real fans left.
- Public opinion is incredibly malleable, and it's become more sophisticated because of the internet.
- Fame doesn't matter anymore because no one cares or trusts that anyone's famous for any real reason.
- Americans have developed street smarts from being propagandized and lied to so much, like an abused child developing instincts for danger.
- The Kardashians are so famous they're no longer loved—they've become a fixture, like a church people drive by.
- Jake and Logan Paul are so famous that no one loves them anymore and people have stopped hating them too.
- People just relent to these famous figures after being beaten down endlessly—you can't articulate why they're famous even with a gun to your head.
- Occasionally someone like Shane Gillis emerges as a generational talent where you actually understand why they're famous.
- Nobody knows why some people are the most famous people in the world; you'd have no reason to give even under extreme duress.