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Explain Like I'm Five

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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Being paid is a kind of attention/validation. The things he's selling are "branding" stuff that feed into his cult of personality. It's probably more of a narcissist thing than a money thing.