RE: What does everyone think of Jeff Berwick / Dollar Vigilante?
I can appreciate most of what @jeffberwick has to say and I know why he says what he does. We are convicted at a very young age to try and take care of those smaller, younger and less able. Here we find the 10yo big Brother warning his younger siblings about life's matters which can cause them harm.
These warnings continue through our whole life and at the age of 40 something Mr Berwick feels the need to warn that group of people who are just entering into the age bracket he just left about all the hard lessons he had to learn the hard way because he himself did not listen to those who tried to warn him in a similar manner.
So here I am at 62 thinking how people just never seem to want to listen and how they would rather learn the hard way, myself included. So I think that I could help Mr Berwick with some of his struggles, but he wouldn't listen to me. He has never listened to anyone else. He just has to learn the hard way. His past speaks for it's self in evidence.
Of what he says, I believe about 75% of it might ring true, or at least more than half. But the rest is just plain Bull Shit, he goes off on these rants saying what he thinks people want to hear. After all he has a reputation to live up to and that is what pays his bills. So I believe that he is mostly being genuine, but one must carefully glean the wisdom from among all the crap.
Mr Berwick wants always to be in charge, he sets himself above most others as he perceives himself to be quite intelligent. Seldom does he ever offer evidence in which to backup anything he says and that is his downfall. That is the reason he doesn't have a greater following then he does.
During interviews I have notice that he constantly is fidgeting around as seemingly paying no attention to his moderator or guest in what they are saying. An aura of impatience as he prepares hi well rehearsed responses which often run the gamut as opposed to being on topic.
But I know what he is going through lately as he tries to clean up his life, never a simple task. So I cut him loads of slack and wish him well.
Full Steem Ahead,
Ely