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[–]go1dfish 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I can't support this, but neither can I really say many good things about Molyneux these days.

People talk about how figures like Molyneux and Cantwell represent a pipeline from libertarianism to the alt-right/fascism.

But I don't see anyone ever trying to figure out what pipeline brought Molyneux and Cantwell where they are now from their previously strong libertarian views.

To me, the motivating factor (esp for Molyneux) seems to be a desire for popularity and exposure, and if that's the case then the pipeline works in a quite opposite means from how it is speculated; as if the community of viewers turned Molyneux and Cantwell into violent authoritarians rather than the reverse.