Daily Centrist: Who is Faking Their Politics? Probably More People Than You Think.

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Last week, a popular conservative commentator on YouTube said in her video that she knows of certain people who are being quite dishonest about their political opinions, because of financial incentives, or because they just say what their fans want. Some examples of very unacceptable behaviour were given in the video. People suddenly switching sides in their politics, likely because they were chasing the money, rather than because of a genuine change of heart. Fake opinions against LGBT people from someone who didn't actually believe what they were telling their fans. And even network news asking people to take a certain stance on their show, as well as to say certain things. In short, people were dishonest because they could benefit from it. The person making the video refused to name names, but in the comments section, speculation was all around, especially about famous centrist and conservative commentators who may be fake. Big names like Milo Yiannopoulos, Dave Rubin, Steve Crowder, Ben Shapiro, Candace Owens and many more were thrown into the speculation. Well, I'm pretty sure that Ben Shapiro is a real conservative seeing his long track record, the others I can't really comment on because they haven't been around long enough. It could be the case that none of these people are fake, but many more out there are.

So, who is FAKE? We'll probably never know. But it's the bigger picture that matters.

Anyway, from a realistic perspective, I'm too old to be surprised by any of that anymore. However, from the perspective of concerned citizens who demand a healthy democracy, all of this is rather worrying. A healthy democracy can only arise from a functional free market of ideas, and when you have people, very influential people, faking their opinions, and fanning non-existent culture wars, there really can't be anything close to a healthy democracy. In fact, playing to your fanbase, playing to the echo chamber, this is the kind of behaviour that has caused our dangerous polarization of politics. And why do people do it? Because there is money in it. While this time the focus has been on conservatives, I'm sure the left has similar problems too. Because, hey, the incentives to be dishonest exist on the other side too.

In fact, as long as we have political echo chambers, we can't avoid this madness. As long as people wish to listen to somebody who preaches to the choir, this will continue to happen. The only way to change this is to change how people think about politics. And there is a glimmer of hope. Increasingly, I'm seeing people who say they don't want to hear the same things over and over from the echo chambers anymore. I'm seeing people who say they want to hear genuine and original thoughts. And this is what people like myself, independent commentators who don't belong to the echo chamber, provide. Sadly, we generally don't have much financial backing either, and we often get drowned out by the big money that creates the echo chambers. What people need to remember is this: commentators who play within the echo chambers often do so for personal gain. But when they gain, democracy loses, and the rest of us lose. Keep this in mind, because it will turn you off echo chamber politics forever. It will red pill you to the point of no return. And the more people get red pilled this way, the better, because this means the echo chambers will lose their popularity. Of course, many lucrative careers will be put on the line too, but who cares? People who profit from the destruction of democracy deserve their career ruin once people wake up.

We can consciously reject echo chamber politics, and the self-interested liars who play the game. We can consciously reject the people who fan the flames of fake culture wars to divide us, while they make a profit. We can reject it all. And for the sake of our democracy, for the sake of liberty itself, we must.

That's all for today. I'll be back with more Centrist commentary and drama in two days' time. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss it.