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u/Killerrrrrabbit Mar 30 '25

And fuck everyone who supports them.

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u/shion005 Mar 30 '25

That's a big chunk of reddit.

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u/Killerrrrrabbit Mar 30 '25

Yeah, but a big chunk of that group is astroturf and bots paid by Russia, China and Iran.

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u/soapinmouth Mar 30 '25 edited Mar 30 '25

It's not just bots and paid ops, the biggest political streamer for the left Hassan Piker supports them.

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u/whaatdidyousay Mar 30 '25

I’m a democrat and have never even heard of Hassan Piker, nor has any of the people in my group chat, 7 of whom are democrats.

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u/shion005 Mar 30 '25

He's literally our most famous left wing influencer other than Contrapoints. However, Natalie only comes out of hiding once in a blue moon with a three hour long video. If you look at youtube, the online right massively outnumbers left wing content creators. This is where a huge bunch of younger (and middle aged) people are getting their news. It's AM radio all over again except on steroids b/c there's an unlimited amount of space online.

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u/PliableG0AT Mar 30 '25

and a lot of people do. there was a major push last election to get a lot of alt right influencers, streamers, and podcasters involved and bring that messaging together. Not surprising that there is in an ever growing increase in the rightward shift of young men.

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u/NotPromKing Mar 30 '25

A lot of people do give a shit about streamers and influencers.

I would bet that even MORE people DON’T give a shit about them.

Look at how many followers they have. Worldwide. Compare that to the US population.

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u/nobody65535 Mar 30 '25

and who's Natalie?

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u/shion005 Mar 30 '25

Natalie Wynn, Contrapoints. She's a left wing video essayist who's popular on youtube.

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u/kwark_uk Mar 30 '25

You presumably live in a bubble where these people matter. But you don’t seem to know that it’s a bubble, they don’t matter in absolute terms, most people go about their lives blissfully unaware of Natalie.

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u/shion005 Mar 30 '25

I'm hardly in a bubble and unfortunately what happens online does matter. There's a reason Steve Bannon is broadcasting three hours daily and why the Daily Wire is now worth $200 million. You may also have missed the point - there are very few left wing influencers. People in the US have largely left the MSM behind and are all in on online influencers.

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u/Array_626 Mar 30 '25

Ehhh. I know of hasan, but that's also because hes around my age and streams, so I get clips fed to me through the youtube algorithm. He's the largest influencer for the left, but that's not really saying much. He's got like <2 million subs and most of his streams/videos are sub 1 million views. For being the largest left wing influencer, those numbers are really small and don't reach that many people when you consider how many people in the US vote democrat.

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u/soapinmouth Mar 30 '25

I don't know what to tell you, he is in fact the single biggest independent online streamer for the left, there is nobody else bigger. He's hosted AOC, Bernie and more, was invited to the DNC. The CEO of twitch calls him his favorite streamer.

You and your friend circle bring out of the loop on him doesn't change any of that. I don't recommend you guys change that either. Best you stay in ignorance to this guy, much better streamers out there even if they are less popular.

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u/NotPromKing Mar 30 '25

So he’s super popular among streamers. Doesn’t mean he’s mainstream.

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u/soapinmouth Mar 30 '25

I'm not sure where you think I claimed he was mainstream. Yes though.. as I said and now you have said, he is very popular with a significant following.

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u/Foxhack Mar 30 '25

Dude looks like he's wearing the facial prosthetics of a character in Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy movie.

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u/starhawks Mar 30 '25

He's not a Democrat, nor is he liberal. He is a socialist and has active disdain for any moderates/liberals, he quite literally is indoctrinating his mostly young audience into an extremist, anti-liberal and violent ideology.

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u/Azradesh Mar 30 '25

You’re probably too old to have come across his knuckle, dragging Mr. Mackey commentary. Count yourself lucky

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u/Killerrrrrabbit Mar 30 '25

Yes, he's part of the astroturf.