Important Message from Meidas Co-Founder
Hey MeidasMighty, it’s Ben Meiselas. Yesterday, we got a great shoutout from Mark Cuban for the MeidasTouch Network getting more views and downloads than Fox and Joe Rogan. The rapid growth of this network is thanks to all the MeidasMighty and the subscribers on this Substack. With an audience this size comes great responsibility. We take our responsibility to report fearlessly very seriously. With the help of our subscribers here, we’ve built an editorial team led by Ron Filipkowski that is the best in research, reporting, news gathering, podcasting, and everything in between. We have teams devoted to “clipping” key newsworthy moments all day that set the narrative. We are not reactive; we are proactive. We have lined up exclusives with senators, governors, congress members, and other newsmakers you want to hear from.
MeidasTouch breaks the news of the day. We try to do it with joy each day as well. I love my brothers, and I love the MeidasMighty community. Fighting by your side never feels like work. With all the news about us beating Joe Rogan and all these other right-wing podcasts, we’ve been getting a lot of media attention lately. But I do have a confession to make. Although I speak in front of tens of millions of people about the news each day, I find it much easier to talk about the news than to talk about myself. I am certainly not against these stories about “dethroning” Joe Rogan and other right-wing “manosphere” podcasts since that means our message is resonating far and wide. But sometimes, I get creeped out even being in the same sentence as Joe Rogan. Also, sometimes I get uncomfortable when the story gets framed around me instead of the community that made this possible. I always try to bring all the coverage back to the MeidasMighty community since this is not an individual achievement. This is an achievement by the MeidasMighty—not by “I” but by “us.” By you. I believe that this is our secret to success. It’s fun to do podcasts with my brothers, who I love dearly (even if we get on each other’s nerves sometimes), but unlike other podcasters who make their podcasts about themselves, we’ve never wanted to bring ego or individualistic chest-pumping into this. We’ve always wanted to “shout out the MeidasMighty” since that’s what this is all about. We reject the manosphere podcasts and the manosphere premise. The very idea that being “alpha” is about bullying marginalized groups and laundering the deceit and treachery of the oligarch class is frankly disgusting to us. To me, people who are truly “alpha” don’t need to call themselves “alpha,” and I’ve always thought that a sign of strength is standing up for people—not putting people down. To me, there is nothing “weak” about being empathetic or caring about the environment and equality. I don’t want to be like Joe Rogan to beat him. I am proud that I am nothing like that ahole and still kicking his a. I think what has made the MeidasTouch Network grow is that we never tried to pretend to be anything we’re not, we never chased trends or what the media said was cool, and we’ve always been grounded in a set of enduring principles and values that don’t waver with time. We are so humbled and honored to be on this journey with you. There is no one else we’d rather fight alongside during these times than you. We know you have our backs, and I hope you know we have yours. Together, we are Mighty! We hope you can subscribe now to this Substack if you are not yet a subscriber. If you are a subscriber, you can gift subscriptions to others as well. In addition to accessing all the great content, your subscriptions have been the jet fuel that helps the MeidasTouch Network grow. We need to keep growing now more than ever. So please, if you can, subscribe now. Thank you so much. |
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