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Everything on that list is mainstream. If you define that as an alt-right on ramp then you’re probably disconnected from a large part of our society.

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I have no doubt I’m disconnected from a large part of our society, but genuine question: is Jordan Peterson mainstream?

I know he’s very popular but doesn’t seem like he’s broken out of the right wing/apolitical young white male demographic, but I could be wrong.

That's not mainstream, it's just moron fodder that Youtube recommends to young white males. That list is a reflection of cultural decay, a vacuum where charlatans consume the empty intellectual space.

There are millions of forgotten (and fatherless) people, who suffer from depression, aimlessness, lack of discipline, nihilism, addiction, self-loathing and self pity. JP, speaks to those people and encourages them to find power through inner strength, personal responsibility, and discipline and not from from oppressing others or joining a mob. I am a middle aged, wealthy, Latino, liberal, atheist (i.e., not the stereotype mentioned in your comment) JP fan and would appreciate a coherent criticism. What am I missing ? Your above reply didn't add any clarity to this discussion.

Jordan Peterson is a charlatan. He is sexist. He is not a typical representative of a psychologist and one should be very wary of recommending him to someone depressed, he can put petrol on their fires [1][2]. I'm Indian and I find him similar in style though very different to the charlatan 'Sadhguru' Jaggi Vasudev. JP spews very poisonous bullshit along with his generic advises. I think the Nathan J Robinson piece about him 'The Intellectual we Deserve' is a good starting point [3].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25534961

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25533794

[3] https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/03/the-intellectual-we-d...

just posting that i love this comment and thank you

>Sam Altman and PG

you think YC is mainstream? outside of tech absolutely no one knows what it is (let alone sam altman and paul graham). it's fair to say that, outside of joe rogan and trump, the other names on this person's list are not mainstream (jordan peterson is not well known outside of a very small group of people).

I have a blue collar factory job. But I know who all these people are

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