I think there is some interesting thoughts in this post but gets heavily muddied by the example and by the time difference of the when the original books were w

I think there is some interesting thoughts in this post but gets heavily muddied by the example and by the time difference of the when the original books were written vs how society operates. Yes history mimics itself but our systems are quite different than back then. I do think that use Joe Rogan as the canonical example is difficult given how fraught his situation is. He almost serves as a de-facto source of information for large swatch of the population and does it for his own benefit intentionally exploiting information while washing his hands clean of any responsibility.