Message from @DOLBATIC

Discord ID: 480371673300992034


2018-08-18 13:37:49 UTC  

You're right

2018-08-18 13:37:51 UTC  

Perhaps its just his interpretation, or you havent understood his point.

2018-08-18 13:38:00 UTC  

His only agenda is the way to the bank

2018-08-18 13:38:16 UTC  

No, his only agenda is to help people.

2018-08-18 13:38:26 UTC  

He's not doing this for the money, that much is clear

2018-08-18 13:38:47 UTC  

Yikes...

2018-08-18 13:38:55 UTC  

Hm?

2018-08-18 13:39:00 UTC  

I used to think so too

2018-08-18 13:39:09 UTC  

Until?

2018-08-18 13:39:15 UTC  

Is thay why he's now insisting on donations?

2018-08-18 13:39:26 UTC  

He doesnt insist on donations.

2018-08-18 13:39:27 UTC  

Check his Twitter account

2018-08-18 13:39:40 UTC  

He's a con man

2018-08-18 13:39:53 UTC  

Laughing all the way to the cheques his followers give him

2018-08-18 13:40:48 UTC  

He's not asking for donations, he's advertising his book.

2018-08-18 13:41:24 UTC  

Not surprised since its to help people

2018-08-18 13:41:56 UTC  

aswell as trying to sell tickets to lectures to help people.

2018-08-18 13:43:20 UTC  

He also twists words very skillfully and always returns onto semantic problems to evade issues. But I guess him being well-spoken can explain his popularity, just like all those other pseudo-intellectuals which attract TV spotlight nowadays

2018-08-18 13:43:41 UTC  

Words such as?

2018-08-18 13:44:13 UTC  

I dont watch tv. It's boring.

2018-08-18 13:45:31 UTC  

Such as using hourly wages to talk of overall wages. He counts on the relative ignorance of the public. It's understandable since those are the same tactics his opponents (like that idiot of a journalist on Channel 4) use.

2018-08-18 13:46:25 UTC  

The same kind of thing Hitchens used to do

2018-08-18 13:46:35 UTC  

When did he use hourly wages to talk of overall wages?
Besides, seems pretty relative to me too.

2018-08-18 13:47:00 UTC  

However, what I do like about JBP is his psychoanalytical take on Biblical myths

2018-08-18 13:47:09 UTC  

That's interesting

2018-08-18 13:48:00 UTC  

He was providing serious work when he wrote *Maps of the Mind* as a student, now he's just binge publishing "how to be better at life" books for easy cash

2018-08-18 13:48:31 UTC  

Just like you see low-end philosophers like Michel Onfray do

2018-08-18 13:48:53 UTC  

Or he's still providing serious work

2018-08-18 13:49:14 UTC  

like what

2018-08-18 13:49:16 UTC  

Just seems like speculation to me

2018-08-18 13:49:50 UTC  

*12 rules for life*?

2018-08-18 13:50:03 UTC  

🤔

2018-08-18 13:50:06 UTC  

Yes it got pretty good reviews

2018-08-18 13:50:33 UTC  

that's the best example of those cheap life counselling books

2018-08-18 13:50:52 UTC  

"how to be a good father", etc.

2018-08-18 13:51:02 UTC  

Seems pretty important

2018-08-18 13:51:46 UTC  

You can find dozens of those at the local train station

2018-08-18 13:52:09 UTC  

Do they explain how to as good as JP though?

2018-08-18 13:52:49 UTC  

I'm not complaining on a personal level

2018-08-18 13:52:58 UTC  

I just feel like he's wasting his time

2018-08-18 13:53:16 UTC  

With all those hours on youtube?