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[dominotw]

> He's just an alcohol-and-attention-fueled nut.

I know a bunch of these, including some in my family. None of them are capable of amassing even the fraction of following of the nut in question.

I am not in agreement with 'just' in that sentence.

[SketchySeaBeast → dominotw]

The fact that there are a ton implies that at some point one of them will luck their way into success.

[dominotw → SketchySeaBeast]

does 'alcohol-fueling' increase one's chances though.

otherwise it would be like saying ' he is not a genius, he is just fat' , which doesn't really make sense.

[SketchySeaBeast → dominotw]

I don't think it increases the chances, but it also doesn't decrease them enough so as to make the eventual ascendancy of one of the many impossible. It's an argument that he's not specially gifted, just lucky.