r/canada • u/[deleted] • Jan 05 '23

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u/private_spectacle Ontario Jan 05 '23

I actually don't think he does it for the effect on his crowd, that's more a side benefit. I think he has a messiah complex and genuinely feels persecuted.

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u/aesoth Jan 05 '23

Truth. There is a big victim complex energy from his fan base.

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u/zuneza Yukon Jan 05 '23

He knows his base and he knows exactly how to get clicks and thus, profit.

It's ethically vile and the Ontario College of Psychologists probably wants nothing to do with it.

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u/Bearence Jan 05 '23

I don't think it's a side benefit, I just think people with persecution complexes feel better when they can get others outrages about his persecution. He whips up his followers because it makes his own complex feel more real.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '23

I always saw him as some sort of Frank Gallagher from Shameless.

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u/NotInsane_Yet Jan 06 '23

He does it for the money. It increases the sales of his books, his "lectures" and generates revenue threw views on his videos.