If anyone deserves to be banned from social media that is Alex Jones. If anyone needs to be silenced and not allowed to spread information, or misinformation it is Alex Jones. With a career of more than 30 years of straight trash talk and conspiracy theories, Alex Jones is a person that somehow managed to turn all this into an incredible cash machine.
You can think of it like this – Alex Jones made millions by spreading lies and conspiracies about some pretty bizarre things, such as school shootings and acts of mass violence. He makes his money on the blood of the victims in these tragic events.
Alex Jones Even Wealthier After Being Thrown Off Social Media – You Won’t Believe How Much He Makes Per Day
First, it was the Oklahoma City bombing, then it was the conspiracy for the 9/11 attack. He spoke about both of these events on TV and Radio. That’s why these conspiracy theories did not reach the popularity his most recent one did. He made comments on the 2012 mass shooting at the Sandy Hook elementary school via Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. He included all of the social media and with that, he reached the whole possible audience, hungry for conspiracies. Is that a portrait of a good man? Most certainly not.
What this conspiracy consists of are completely non-sense claims. According to Alex Jones, the 20 students that fell victims to the shooting haven’t died in real life. He says that the pictured grieving families are just actors that are paid to act in front of cameras. With this conspiracy theory, he went over the roof and sold hundreds of millions of dollars in merchandise.
Aside from being one of the cruelest and most cynical cases of getting rich, according to the judge in Connecticut, this is defamatory as well. Defamatory to the Sandy Hook victims and to their families. Until now, only one case has been put to light and won against Alex Jones in the defamatory trial. The case of the 6-year-old Jesse Lewis who was shot and died in the shooting at the elementary school. Jesse’s parents won the case and the judge ruled that they will receive about $49 million in damages.
Thanks to this trial, we know have information on that how rich Alex Jones actually is. Also, it pointed out how big of an influence Alex Jones still has on the world, even though he is banned from almost all cultured internet.
Most of the big tech companies, Apple, Facebook, Spotify, Twitter, YouTube, and the list goes on, banned Jones from their platforms. They also took numerous videos of him where he appears as a ‘guest’ on any other channel. All of the mentioned companies used similar, if not the same reason for Alex Jones’ ban. Unspecified content policy violations hate speech and misinformation are just some of the explanations behind his disappearance from the mainstream internet.
Taking Jones from the social media platforms had the purpose to cut off his voice to the world. Conservatives condemn this move by social media harshly. On the other hand, liberals and human rights activists welcome it and praise it. They continue to say that this should be the example by which social media should abide for anyone spreading lies.
Jones took the stand in his defamation trial and was very vocal about this censorship. According to him, his ‘ties’ with the public had been completely cut after he is no longer in the spotlight on social media, and with this move, he already lost millions of dollars.
“You’re technically still on the internet like if you’re in a prison you’re still on the Earth.” – Jones says in court. “You don’t have a voice anymore.”
However, it all turns out to be lies once more. He is most certainly not out of business. Furthermore, the business is booming. Bernard Pettingill Jr., a forensic economist that testified on behalf of the parents of the late Jesse Lewis revealed that Alex Jones made a revenue of about $64 million in 2021 only. According to Pettingill, Alex Jones is wealthier than anyone thought. He has a net worth of more than $270 million.
The trial revealed a bunch of documents. As a result more information is available to the public. According to Lewis’ lawyers, there are points in time when Jones was making more than $4 million per week.
The trial put light on numerous aspects of Alex Jones’ career. As an example, a writer of his, who wrote for Alex Jones for years, claimed that there is a variety of fans and followers of the conspiracy theorist. Some take everything he says for granted, while others listen to him only for comedy. Josh Owens is a writer that worked for Alex Jones for a period of 4 years. He wrote stories to Jones regarding topics he personally asked for, but after some time, he had enough of it and left to work for someone else.
“You have some people who come to him for entertainment like he’s South Park, and you have the people who laugh at him.” – Josh Owens says. “And then there are the people who buy everything he says.”
It is a wonder how Alex Jones is not in jail for fraud already. For years and years, he is selling merch branded from Infowars, his company. Merch that is does some pretty unrealistic stuff. At least Alex Jones advertises it like this. As an example, he is selling water filters that protect you from getting gay. According to Jones’ conspiracy, there are states in the US that purposely infect the water with this gay-turning virus that will have you like guys within weeks. Using his filters is a safe way to avoid all this. Another thing is the iodine supplements. When the globalists send nukes our way, these pills will allegedly save your life.
This is what makes Alex Jones exceptionally good for social media. He keeps his audience engaged. Regardless of the reason behind your visit to one of his channels, you are engaged and ready to hear more of him each time you connect. He was ‘up to date’ with the topics he covered and was in a search of new controversial stuff almost all the time.
Before receiving a ban on Facebook and on Youtube he had tens of millions of views to his videos on Facebook and more than 2.4 million subscribers on Youtube. This helped his business to keep on growing. According to one of the producers at Infowars, the company made more than $165 million in three years. That is more than $50 million annually.
As soon as mega-tech companies silence Alex Jones, he finds a way to keep himself in the limelight for some more time. The most famous podcaster, and his friend, Joe Rogan agreed on hosting him on several occasions. Logan Paul, the Youtube influencer also featured him a few months later. Now, after the Sandy Hook Shootings defamation trial in which Jones took place, he is still raging on and puts himself in the limelight. Red Scare, a promotion that educates people on the downsides of spreading communism, anarchism, and other leftist ideologies published an interview with Jones. They present him as a free speech hero. Another company made a movie documentary about his ‘struggles’. The company financing the documentary has ties with the billionaire Peter Thiel.
Another smart move from his side is opening left-wing biased Twitter accounts that share clips of Alex Jones programs daily. He usually includes captions like ‘Look at this jerk’, or ‘what an idiot’. However, even so, he does his job. Alex Jones receives publicity again.
Some people are just beyond reparation. That is the case with Alex Jones. He cannot be moderated, nor ‘repaired’. His greedy and cruel personality will continue to bring him money for a long time. He is not the only one that is off platforms and still keeps on influencing the world. People like this always find a way to spread their words. And people like his followers always find a way to follow his most recent conspiracies and lies.
In addition to all this, in case you want to learn more about Jones, he also published a book, called ‘The Great Reset: And the War for the World’. By some coincidence, it is currently in Amazon’s top bestseller books. The book is full of Jones’ stories and also includes features of people like Joe Rogan, Donald Trump, and Tucker Carlson.
On August 11th, Free Speech Systems reported to a bankruptcy judge. However, the company records massive product sales recently. The company makes more than $500 000 per day from merch sales only!
