You've seen it all before. A malicious online rumor costs a company millions. A political …
But bloggers of this generation, of my generation, are not those types of people. They are not leaders. They lack the strength and energy to do anything about “the age of doublespeak and idiocy.” All that is left is derision.
— Trust Me, I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday (Page 237)
This is a rich comment coming from someone who is two years younger than I am and of the same generation. Not only is that rich, but he's also someone who literally keeps talking about how he built his (and American Apparel's) brand off of these shady tactics that he's now "confessing" to have done... and is upset about having encouraged that.
And has done what to make it better? Written a book? A book in which he (amusingly) snarked at the very people he's mad at for snarking at him? It's perplexing.