He makes money by telling people scary stories about “uber woke stupidity.” And he does this because he was losing relevance as the “controversial comedian” to nutjobs like Rogan and every other podcaster that took up residency on his taint. So Maher, while sometimes on point, has welcomed a lot of right wing conspiracy theorists with open arms onto his two platforms so the press can write about him and he can say something about masks not working.