Sam Seder definitely used to be way, way smarter. Maybe not the formidable mind that people made him out to be, but definitely a reasonably intelligent and well-spoken guy. Over the last few years he's almost completely become a mouthpiece for Emma Vigeland and Matt Lech, and they're actually idiots. Why did he give over control if he's so smart? I'm not sure, either he got dumber (early-onset dementia? he's only 5
or he got lazier or maybe he just figured that it would be easier to avoid cancellation if he gave over control to his young, social-justicey cohosts. Either way, Seder post-2020 is not the same as Seder pre-2016