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He was in many ways one of the causes of the decline of constructive political discussions. A man who's income came from having political discussions asking people to prove him wrong and never ceding ground. Debate club disguised as discussion, then filmed and posted to the internet for the masses to see his ideas "win". There was no evidence on a single issue that could change his mind except his donors telling him to or polling indicating he's losing support over his stance.
In many ways it's reminiscent of old videos in which preachers debate scientists about evolution before the scientists either learned to debate to a crowd or got replaced with science educators.