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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.

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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

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