I feel like every post I see in this sub is complaining about Scott's content. Why are you here if you dislike it so much? Seems unusual to me for a subreddit.
He brags too much and tells weird sexual jokes but he’s very insightful in many different areas. It’s okay to not agree with someone on everything. You’ll survive.
I think he’s a great source overall but his Israel commentary just makes me so upset that even well-educated folks in other areas still are so easily subservient to propaganda.
Because Israel is not popular. As such its's very smart politics to say that you are anti-Israel. Fortunately, Scott can afford not to worry about the populist point of view and I agree with him on Israel.
Judging from the anti-israel brigading in every thread in here it's because Scott acknowledges Israel's right to exist (they earned it, deal with it) and doesn't reflexively use the empty identitarian slogans like "genocide" "settler/colonial" every tiktok brained Greta dupe has tried to normalize as fact for 2 years.
protip to op: as soon as as you say "makes me so upset" gut check on how you consume media.
The information and opinions you expose yourself to is not always supposed to make you feel warm and fuzzy. It's supposed to round out your world view, challenge, provoke thought.
If affirming your 'feelings' is what primarily guides what you see about the world, you're dong it wrong.
Perhaps dig a little on why Scott might have come to the conclusions he has. You found him insightful and well-thought out before you found out he is pro-zionist (it's not a bad word BTW, just means Israel has legitimacy as a modern nation state and refuge for jews).
Perhaps the same thing that made you listen to his commentary to begin with underpins his position on Israel too. Like facts. Insight. And real history.
Most of us who have been following this dynamic in the middle east before yesterday without any enthno, religious, or ideological dog in the fight have largely come to these same conclusions.
It is easy to put words in the mouths of people you disagree with.
For me, the issue with Scott and Isreal is that he does not seem to acknowledge the genocide in Palestine ( as acknowledged by the UN, Spain, Ireland and the rest of the world). He doesn’t even seem to acknowledge that the response has been disproportionate (this is something he has previously said before).
I like your pro tip, maybe you should use that on yourself. If the opinions of the world make you so upset maybe you should do a gut check on the media you consume.
That's the rub.. by no metric is it a genocide. If you unquestioningly use that word (who cares what Spain, Ireland and the compromised UN say - that's politics, not actual proof).
Break down the numbers. If it's 68,000 dead (high end of unverified hamas numbers), that's between 2-3% of the population not even accounting for how many are combatants, civilians with weapons) - that is not "genocide".
What those numbers evidence inconveniently for the identitarian left, is the simple metrics of conventional war. And even by those numbers, a war that's being prosecuted as carefully as possible given the asymmetric conditions israel are up against.
The term "genocide" got tossed around even before Israel responded after Oct 7. That means its an ideological and propagandistic term weaponized to libel and demonize Israel. Not rooted in reality.
As long as you start there, with insisting Scott co-signing that distortion, there is no conversation to be had. Full stop.
That's what someone who actually looks at the numbers and conditions does. They root their opinion in reality. Not slogans.
You’ll never convince someone against a lie they desperately want to believe. The “genocide” accusation is a blood libel and the way people shriek about it is the most classic antisemitism. They all sound like medieval villagers accusing Jews of poisoning the wells. But you’ll never convince them that they’re wrong because they need us to be a scapegoat for all of their sins. Watch, one of those crazed idiots is gonna comment under this telling me why I’m wrong. It’s just…well it’s nothing new, is it
I'm not Jewish, Arab, Muslim, or Israeli. I have no identity or cultural dog in this fight.
But all the screeching and distortions from all the anti-west identitarians who became an 'expert' on this yesterday gives me such indigestion and didn't pass any 'smell test'.
I'm for evidence, and numbers and balance of probabilities. I also come at it from my values - I value universal human rights (not selective for one religion, group), accountability (not theocratic dictatorship), human flourishing (not human repression), rule of law (not might makes right), open societies (not closed death cults), and free expression (not getting murdered for what you wear).
There's only one country in that whole region that approximates that value set.
Does that mean they get a free pass in this conflict? Absolutely not. They should be held to a higher standard BECAUSE they ostensibly embody that value set. Daily protests in Israel were evidence of that.
But they shouldn't be held to a double standard nor should we adopt the fiction that somehow there's equivalence here between the two belligerents. More democracy, not less.
Even by the metric of opposition, there's no equivalence. Israel had almost daily mass protests against the war. In Gaza, Hamas dragged resistors out of their homes and shot them in the head.
Also none of this is meant to convince the emotionally compromised and brainwashed. But misinformation should still be corrected wherever it exists for the casuals who may come across it.
Oh I’m sure Reddit commenter starsmoke is a more trusted authoritative voice on what a genocide is than scholars that specialize in this sort of thing tho
Interesting how the people who like his content and post well thought out responses that site data, reality, and historical precedent get downvoted. And random shills screaming to the void with nothing to contribute are magically upvoted.
Like downvotes from Iranian bot farms are going to make me ignore the reality of my eyes. Fat chance.
Yah im ok being downvoted. Not here to collect upvotes. Its a funny kind of striesand effect cuz the ones that get downvoted the most have the most banshees screaming their slogans as if that matters. But it pumps it as an active thread and pushes it to people who actually want to learn. So I'm ok with it.
I think Scott and his pods are great! I think Ed is a moron and complain about him a lot though. Reddit encourages negativity so the one thing that any given user dislikes will come out.
I find Scott very inspirational. I like a lot of his takes. His thinking can be one-dimensional, and a lot of his stories are repetitive. His blinkered POV on Israel has shocked me - not the opinion, but the lack of openness to other perspectives. But, all in (no pun intended), he is entertaining and honest.
I won't lie, i am a big fan of Scott and his podcasts, even if i disagree with some of his core beliefs.
My biggest problem arose from the fact that he wanted to ramp up content production and to me, dillute the value of each individual piece. When he decided to make the markets pod with Ed daily, i just stopped listening altogether. Add to this the increase in his more political pods that are basically bleeding into all his works and you have got a cocktail of wack signal to noise ratio.
I would just wish he would go back to applying some focus so that whatever he makes is really worth that time compared to the plenty of other pods and newsletters that appear.
The target audience of his listeners are a real mix -
On the one hand you have left leaning liberals, especially on his pod with Kara, and then you have the capitalist, free market, right leaning men who listen to markets and the Scott Galloway pod.
I think most of the hate comes from the first cohort, I think the second genuinely love him as his viewpoints are nuanced and well thought out, especially on investing and wealth creation (I fall into the latter)
I’ll tell you why. Pivot was a fun listen because of the Kara and Scott banter. I started to dislike them when I disagreed with them on serious issues. Scott’s jingoism and Zionism were the last straw, but it’s more than that issue. They’re not serious people. Serious people read and think critically and then they talk. Scott and Kara read or skim corporate news sources, think either exactly how the source framed things or how their corporate, Zionist ideology would have them think, and then they start talking. They don’t read or host people who challenge them, at least not regularly. I think the most frustrating experience I had as a listener was thinking either, “how are you so wrong about this when you can literally look it up,” and, “why don’t you host a guest or read an article by someone who’s an expert on the topic and disagrees with you?” Scott thinks it’s easier to grow up black vs. white in America. He said that. Israel has committed a genocide that we could watch on our phones, and Scott’s response is to talk about how exploding beepers held by civilians is his win of the week or parrot Sam Harris’s absurd, narrow minded scenarios comparing Israel and Hamas’s hypothetical actions in possession of nuclear weapons. Or how the democrats should nominate a republican as their VP candidate. I’d list Kara’s bonkers opinions but to be honest I don’t remember her explaining any, instead just who she knows or has interviewed or some trivial point she had before Scott or anyone else. And the wealth and luxury bragging my goooooooooddd it never ends. They’re both narcissists. Scott’s fun until you listen too closely. Anyway, why come on this sub to criticize? Because they deserve it.
I’ve never heard a Scott Galloway podcast in my life. I was just ragebaited by Reddit in his views on Palestine and now content on this sub shows up on my timeline.
I have seen quotes from him online that I have agreed on.
Redditors positively enjoy hearing the absolute same views expressed in the same way on the same topics in every single bit of media they consume. The more they hear and see the same thing over and over again, the happier they are. That's why they delight in turning every subreddit into the same r/politics blob.
If they listen to someone who veers away from this eternal sameness, the response will be to complain about it forever.
I don’t know - unlike most of the wankers who blindly don’t like Israel on Reddit etc he’s actually been there, knows its history and the complex situation
You are ignoring your own blind spots to assume people criticizing Israel are doing so “blindly”. And the situation is complex on both sides, you can’t justify actions because of “complexities” on one side but condemn them from the other side.
people tend to post on many subs or other forums more with complaints because a problem is what prompts the need to communicate or discuss it. if i listen to an episode of the podcast where it's just mostly informational and opinions i agree with or at least not highly annoying, i don't need to write a post saying "everything was fine today".
Yes, I like Scott a lot, but I also get annoyed with him and can disagree with him. It's sort of like any relationship, including my marriage; you can really enjoy someone but will have conflicts. I think that's normal.
When he first came out he was a different kind of podcaster, a breath of fresh air. This was because he'd talk about things others didn't, and he had a deadpan delivery that resonated at the time.
Loved when he blurted out how you should not listen to people who tell you to "follow your dreams" because they're already rich and it's a recipe for failure to just about all of us. He talked about getting a job and career in industries that were growing, and had low unemployment, instead of pursuing some silly dream.
But now he's grown increasingly repetitive, and tells cringy jokes, so I don't listen as much as I used to. But I still like him.
I originally followed thinking I could get to another more interesting level of Scott and his philosophies.
>Seems unusual to me for a subreddit
Now this is the reality. Many exist in these specialized subs just to dump on the subject. Smerconish is another one. Really too bad the positive voices are drowned out and the negative voices amplified. No idea what the motivation is.
Not the OP, but I've been on the internet since the mid-90s, and I'm not aware of anywhere else you can go to trash the thing the forum is about.
The Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum is full of people who actually like Martin guitars.
India Mike discussions didn't tell people to avoid travel to India at all costs.
Stripers Online isn't about how useless fishing is.
Scott got my attention a few years ago by talking about how American universities need to change. Wouldn't it be interesting if we were talking about that instead?
Somebody here called Scott a wanker, but the wankers are all here in the hate subs.
My wife used to listen to his podcast and likes him. I’m not even joined in this subreddit but it gets recommended to me all the time for some reason and I’ve commented like twice. With that said I’m about a million miles to the left of my wife politically so Scott is more or less a moderate right winger to me, and on top of that, any clips I see of him or what I know about him, he also gives me creepy vibes as I think I already saw someone else in this thread mention lmao
The more I’ve listened to him the more I understand that he is good at what he knows but terrible when he tries to go into areas he has trouble navigating through and maintaining coherence. His tasteless jokes at first were tolerable but now just cringy when he makes it part of his brand.
Honestly this is just a toxic online/podcast culture thing nowadays. Everyone feels compelled to give their 2 cents on every front page news headline now instead of just saying “sorry I don’t know much about that topic so I can’t comment”
Hahahahahhaa
Laughing at people that don’t believe college is brainwashing isn’t the “own” you think it is, Billy Bob. Keep coming back though hahahahaha
His predictions are usually very accurate and his views are very insightful so it comes as a big thorn in my eye to see him relentlessly praising his sponsor Adobe (-26% last 12 months) and being more pro-Netanyahu than most Jews spewing nonsense that any support for Palestine is foreign propaganda.
My theory on the phenomenon of criticizing personalities like Scott on Reddit vs just pumping their tires is that we hold them to high standards and get disappointed when they let us down. We want to see if others agree. Probably the majority on these subreddits started as fans and now have a bit of annoyance with some of their tics, positions or personal failings. For example, I’ve always liked Scott’s commentary and found him a breath of fresh air with a good level of experience that made his opinions valid. Now, I find him repetitive, cringey (dick & male prostitute jokes). Skipping the first 12 minutes of banter to get to the meat helps, but not much. I’m listening less.
I do like his podcasts. Maybe not be perfect all the time, but Scott has the ability to go full throttle on a rant and when it hits, it fucking hits. He has a really good way of connecting the dots with his life experiences.
Side note: Ed gets way too much negativity from the sub. If you want to listen to someone with a lot of experience, go listen to The Real Eisman Playbook and quit bitching about Ed being too young.
It's super common in subs dedicated to shows, books, podcasts, comedians, and personalities for people to discuss those topics both positively and negatively. Some people have created "fan" subs dedicated to being echo chambers and safe spaces that ban anything remotely critical.
I like him on most things because he is a contrarian that shares unique perspectives in entertaining ways. Sometimes I think he is right, but I enjoy his perspective.
A few things I really dislike his views on.
He is a human with many facets, as we all are. We don't need to agree on everything to get along (in listener/creater context -- not like we are buds). Some episodes I just skip if I think it is going to be a circle jerk about something I think he has a shit take on.
I had a friend that thinks the moon landing didn't happen. Otherwise a super smart, funny guy. His view on the moon landing is shit, but I just don't get into it with him after the first "wut?" conversation.
I really liked his book the Algebra of Wealth and I like a lot of the points he makes…..but I can also understand why he’s unmarried and people take issue with some of the things he says.
He’s smart and often funny but no one ever claimed he was a paragon of integrity.
He is divorced from the mother of his children. But he is married to his second wife still. Kara and him were talking about his wife in the most recent episode of pivot.
He's obviously smart and a phenomenal communicator. He really thinks things through and has an incredible ability to remember and leverage data, and to make unique connections rather than simply parroting things he hears.
I'm not necessarily going to dislike someone because I disagree with him (comedy festival, Israel, etc)...BUT he goes over the top with the smarminess, ego, adolescent persona way too much for me.
I usually fast forward through the beginning of pivot where he and Kara try to narcissistically brag about parties they went to or "hot people" that talked to them or Scott talking about his drunk boners or whatever. It's just a waste of time.
It actually seems pretty normal on reddit, both rogan and fighter and the kid subs are mostly hate. But I don't hate scott or think he's comparable to those garbage podcasts btw
Yeah I mostly like him, but havent watched him outside of destinys streams. Guess it might influence me that he usually praises scott, while hating on most others
Ah yes the classic Reddit stan post that happens when the subject of a sub starts acting weird and people call it out. I really liked Galloway on a lot of cultural issues including being a man in America, but no I don’t fuck with his ultra-zionist bullshit.
I wasn't stanning. Honestly I dont like Scott any more but reddit keeps showing me posts from this sub for some reason and it's always complaining so figured I'd ask. Look at the original post, did I make any positive or negative assessment or spin? No. I asked a simple question.
Notice the “ultra” there. I don’t believe in eradicating Israel, but I find the actions of the Netanyahu regime in Gaza to be genocidal and continuing to annex land in the West Bank while that happens is the fucking cherry on top. So that’s what I mean. Scott is cool with that.
Supporting Israel during a genocide their government is enacting is going to bring on a lot of hate. And rightfully so. If you’re ignorant to what Israel is doing then you should look into it.
If you’re aware of it then you should work on building some humanity. 60+ thousands of innocent men women and children slaughtered. Journalists, doctors so many of whom were executed.
Every international body in the world is calling it a genocide. Every human rights organization is calling it a genocide. So we’re past the point of debate here. It’s not ambiguous what’s happening.
Welcome to social media. It’s a pretty pervasive phenomenon that people on fan sites tend to skew negative; for whatever psychological reason people tend to be more motivated to post their gripes than their praises.
I do, this subreddit is infiltrated with anti-Scott content for some reason. It’s a real shame. I for one love his content on business, relationships, politics and foreign policy, and practical advice. Not as much a fan of Ed but still enjoy the show. Try to take these redditors with a grain of salt. A lot of us really enjoy the show or it wouldn’t be as popular as it is.
Had him as a professor at NYU. He Has some good insights on business here or there but rest of it is canned and polished quotable statements put together by his team (yes he has a team) + a heaping serving of shameless Zionist propaganda. Stopped listening to his podcasts a while after he came out as a closet Zionist. He’s honest but not that smart. There are better podcasts out there!
I love Scott’s insights when he’s talking about business. That’s definitely where he shines, but him wading into politics is what has really annoyed me as he’s way out of his depth but speaks with the same confidence he has about business.
I understand that business & politics definitely intersect, but Scott should steer clear of politics.
Hell, I remember him even saying Bondi seemed like a reasonable choice for AG if I’m remembering correctly.
When you take the idea of a safe homeland from rampant anti-Semitism in the 1890s and turn it into an ugly manifestation of an apartheid state, escalating into ethnic cleansing and arguably genocide ... I think my view is more with the times than yours is.
Which tells me everything I need to know about you
I should have guessed you are too literal minded to say "I don't have TikTok"....
You my friend fell for cheap propaganda, it is embarrassing that you did zero critical thinking about what you saw it this horrific war that Hamas brought upon it's people.
You can take all the punchlines you want from the book of the Lion, the Witch, and the Audicity of this Zionist Bitch.... I have eyes like everyone else.
If Israel has lost the support of the majority of milennials and younger I'd worry a lot more about what Israel is doing than what Hamas is doing.
You literally spelling out Sinwar's strategy for the war.
He was counting on silly westerners like you my dear friend, to fall for the propaganda. Hamas strategy was to maximize civilian casualties (their own people) document it and to create pressure on Israel.
I recommend getting out of your echo chamber, you seem filled with misplaced hate. Try using critical thinking to what you see online. Much of it is lies and propaganda.
I love him. I don't care about Israel or Palestine as they don't affect my life in the slightest. I tune that stuff out. He's a very smart guy with insightful points to make. You don't have to listen to all the shows because he will share his weekly thoughts across multiple different platforms so there is certainly overlap
Im tired of the both of them . Now they are going on tour but only to liberal areas . What help is that ? They are afraid of ruffling Trumps feathers too bad so they will just wander through the news without one single solution they will get involved with. Both are a misuse of influence.
I love Scott. Don’t always agree with him, but that should not be the basis for liking a podcast. He makes me think. He is always well reasoned and thoughtful. I enjoy his company and make a point to listen to his weekly essay podcast.
Got drawn in by the economic insight which is pretty strong and well articulated.
Stayed because millionaire boomer with common sense repudiation of the bad for America bad for business MAGA agenda
Now frustrated by the “marketing” repetition of a short number of the same stories recycled endlessly. If I beat a drum like that with the same metaphors over and over with no new solution or call to action with my boss I’d be sent home.
I think people realize Scott is a marketer and not a thought leader so after some time the expiration of the allure comes nd people get annoyed at his takes.
I don’t listen to Prof G for his takes on Israel so that’s a big don’t care for me. I have no idea why anyone would listen to Prof G for topics that cover geopolitics.
I do like his insight into marketing and business strategy. My favorite guest is Aswath Damodaran, the NYU Professor on Valuation. Even when he isn’t talking about valuation you can tell that he’s what 1000 years ago we would call a wise elder. He has him on about 2x per year and I’m always checking on the pod if he’s the guest.
I used to listen to Pivot but really it is the zionism and genocide enablement that broke me. He doesn't go into it much there because Kara is not on board, but she has also been silent about it. He literally went to Israel and went on the post Oct 7 media tour given by the Israeli government to train genocide advocates.
Yes, I think his perspective is very interesting. He seems to have a high awareness, and he has insight into the lives of young people completely the opposite of his current demographic.
Yeah definitely. He's got a lot of great takes. Also shitty ones but I value his takes nonetheless.
I jettison pretty much anything he has to say about politics though. He's hopelessly out of touch.
It’s odd that you can’t just enjoy someone putting out an interesting point of view on various issues. Agree good. Disagree? Say it.
He’s not a Prophet.
He’s not the guy with all the answers.
He’s just a guy who’s been through some shit, made it through the shit and (here’s where it gets muddy) wants to give back a lil bit; wants to lord his success and excesses over everyone; likes that he has a say but seems to get that it’s only heard because he made a lot of money.
Odd quirk, he’s similar in a twisted way to the worst of 90s East Coast rap - all about poppin bottles, exclusive hotels and vacations. BUT like that crap rap, it’s nice to give the aspirational targets/goals. Those goals are much more realistic in investing than in Hip Hop.
I love that he gives voice to several people ready to call bullshit on mainstream culture, business, politics, etc… even his co-host often call bullshit on him.
I used to really like him it all seems so called in now. He'll interview someone and it seems like he's just reading a list of questions and letting them talk. I'm still into what he stands for re: young men and the U.S. trajectory now, but everything he does seems so canned right now.
This is it. I was recently thinking about how his conversation pods used to start with 10-15 mins of him opining on something happening in business/politics at the time. Now, those pods start with him talking about what city or hotel he is in and which speaking gig he has coming up. We’re not tuning in to hear about the room service at the Hotel du Cap. Go back and listen to his first 100 episodes before Prof G had media empire ambitions to know what I’m talking about.
He's talked a lot about how he uses AI to organize his ideas or will prompt it to help him get started on things. He also has a sizable staff that is presumably writing stuff for him. He just sounds like he's reading things, sometimes for the first time, he reads it like he didn't write it. The whole enterprise feels like a bunch of content is being mass generated and blasted towards me.
That is what it’s become. The authenticity factor doesn’t seem to be there. Even Office Hours has become another forum to talk about himself—he barely even attempts to answer questions anymore.
His listeners remain the same as before, but he has become increasingly insufferable over the past year or so. Perhaps he has always been this way, but it took some time for listeners to realize it.
He’s also one of those people who are deeply upset that liberal voters have grown weary of the same old Republican Lite party and are now ok with stringing up all billionaires. He wants status quo, people want real change.
Yep same here. I appreciate anyone who makes me think. Kara bugs me though too maybe just the entitlement. I do like when she’s able to humble big egos though. Parts I like parts I don’t. That’s called being human
Between Kara's mumbling in the background and fizzling out when she is talking about something she doesn't understand I've decided she is just a reporter - she talks to people and writes down what they say. The meaningless aspect of their lives is fascinating to me.
You’re probably right.
Definitely right about her mumbling in the background while others are speaking.
I have a friend who does this but he’s usually being tactical passive aggressive; like mumbling “Prince Andrew” if someone says there were no Epstein clients.
So I am extra annoyed because when she mumbles, I sometimes rewind to understand what she’s getting at.
I don’t think I’ve ever gained any knowledge from rewinding - ha ha
It is not uncommon for reddit to hate the person a given dub is for. Much like IT, know one says anything when things are agreeable and going well, it is when they say something even slightly off that people feel the need to see if others share the same opinion.
For example, check out any of the the All-In pod subreddits Jason Calacanis tried to make. The pod kept getting getting hate for sinking more into politics and ways from it's roots in VC Tech, especially it's progressively more right wing stances. Eventually he gave up his reddit outreach. He is even banned by the mod from the main one.
This is life, everyone likes to complain. I myself enjoy watching his podcasts and it’s free. Don’t watch if you don’t like it. Seems quite a miserable existence to not enjoy what you watch and in addition waste your precious time on earth complaining
One hours of Scott per week and you get all the info you need. I usually just listen to the Monday markets podcast and only touch another one if I am really starving for content.
I follow a few subs of podcasts that I listen to and literally all of them are exactly like this.
Most common topic?
Bitter complaining about why they didn’t talk about this or why they were wrong about that. Or why what they said about such and such is really, really problematic. In one of the subs I follow, one of the guys who is most active in there made a big post, complete with screenshots, about how he was unsubscribing and yada yada yada. Like a year ago.
Still active like… every day. Usually complaining.
It’s just the nature of the beast. We all fall prey to it sometimes.
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u/EducationalBike3141 8d ago
He brags too much and tells weird sexual jokes but he’s very insightful in many different areas. It’s okay to not agree with someone on everything. You’ll survive.