He was on his uninformed Ukraine take yet again. I mentioned that Russia was protecting the people of the Donbass from Azov aggression and I was instantly banned. So much for promoting a materialist understanding of the conflict. It’s pretty unfortunate that his audience is being spoon fed the same pro west narrative that the mainstream media is pushing.
Chat is only supposed to be there to agree with him. Only other rich streamers and podcasters could change his mind on anything. Thats the general vibe I get from the huge left leaning streamers.
This is why losing BayArea was an absolutely enormous loss. He was worth 5 of them.
I find it strange that his take on this, Xinjiang, and the DPRK are so out of sync with everything else that he believes in. It’s like he just stopped being a leftist, but only for these 3 specific things.
If you try to be normal on these issues you instantly get ostracised from the mainstream society. Especially the radlibs take great offence to these. He is probably being an opportunist to maintain his viewership.
Yeah you’re probably right. I’ve considered this too. I’m just ban venting lol
he’s still got better takes on those 3 things than almost anyone else with any pull in the online video space. Which is a little bit depressing ngl, but having any take more nuanced than “slava ukraini” or “dprk/ccp ebil tyrants” is enough to get a ton of people screaming at you and a lot of people’s brains to turn off, so the fact he even has pushed it as far as he has without totally losing people is pretty impressive
As someone who used to have similar views(Ukraine, xinjiang, etc), the answer lies in Western propaganda. I think it’s because of the the reporting on these issues often includes facts that are deeply woven in to the propaganda, in a way that approaching the subjects the same way you would other news can easily lead you astray. Combine this with the fact that Western audiences are not going to be familiar with the subject matter, materialist analysis becomes actively difficult using strategies that will probably serve you well on other issues.
The way I realized my error is that I pulled a Marxist Descartes, where I did not trust any Us Media sources and rebuild my opinions from scratch using international and academic sources.
What’s the short version of his take on Xinjiang? I know his DPRK take is dogshit.
Also dogshit. He pushes back on the genocide narrative, but agrees that the Uyghur people were being forced into reeducation camps en mass and that their civil rights are being violated. All this without citing any evidence. How could he? It doesn’t exist. He also harps on how Xinjiang has become a surveillance state as if that’s any different than entirety of the west.
the real move is not watching streamers of any sort.
Seriously. The joy of online video content to me, has always been watching what I want, when I want. Not having to tune in at a specific time, like I’m watching TV. But instead of a well produced show, it’s some guy fumbling through interrupting his point every 5 seconds to yell at someone in chat
What’s his Ukraine take?
No space left to be against the war machine.
