He can’t accept the glaringly obvious, that the only reason he had such success, was that he was the ONLY fish in a small pond.
Once any more fish were added to the YouTube mix, he was a goner.
That's part of it but the rot is so much deeper. There was a time when "lawsplaining the interwebs" wasn't an inaccurate tagline. Sure there was the focus on salacious/lolcow material (like Maddox and Greer and the Weebwars) but even that was in the context of meaningful analysis. Whilst he was never shy in parading his opinions, he kept separation between what he thought the situation/law should be and what he thought it actually is. He addressed and gave the counterarguments to his preferred outcome That's hugely important to credibility and without that he has nothing.
Those days are long gone. There were some early warning signs. Remember the "Cuck Commander" IP issue? He nailed his colours to the mast in absolutely unequivocal terms. There was no doubt. He was right, they were wrong and righteous vindication was inevitable. And then all went quiet, it's never spoken of again and his inevitable outcome never arrives. The Monty nonsense has a similar feel albeit he can't turn off the public nature of that one.
And then we had the Vic Mignogna saga. There was a level of cringe with Ty Beard on stream (and his Amazons - who seemed to be embarrassed to varying degrees by the performances). But the streams remained good. He criticised Beard's filings where he thought mistakes were made. What we didn't know, in the early days, was just how incompetent Beard was (the notary episode was inexcusable for any lawyer) and his performances on paper and in Court just became more embarrassing as time went on. It became increasingly obvious that Beard was not competent to take the case and the fault for that lies not only with Beard but also the lawyer who made the referral (Rekeita). The personal/financial connections just made things worse as did the fact the Mignogna seems to be so thoroughly decent and wholesome. His refusal/inability to honestly address those issues reinforced the decline.
Rittenhouse was probably his high point in terms of only fish in the pond and Depp was the revelation (to him at least) that the pond had some new inhabitants. Yes, Legal Bytes (and Law and Lumber) f'ed up but others being wrong doesn't mean Rekeita is right. He bought into the Pope of LawTube (while not being part of LawTube) way too much. The level of entitlement (sorry for using that awful word) and ego far exceeded reality.
In parallel the "lawsplaining the interwebs" elements fell away and was replaced by degeneracy for the sake of degeneracy, an obsession with alcohol (and cigars) in indulging the loudest and most embarrassing parts of his "community".
He has become what he gained his success from ridiculing. Frankly it's embarrassing.
It's a cautionary tale for our times!
