The GOP seem to need someone to do their thinking for them and tell them what their positions should be. I don’t need a streamer to tell me how to think progressively.
A streamer who was directly campaigning with DSA candidates and promoting them to their audience. Everyone always seem to leave that part out in Hasan discourse for some reason. To say he’s just a streamer is like saying Jon Stewart is just a comedian or Joe Rogan is just a podcaster. He has pulled back heavily though after he flew too close to the sun and actually hurt a candidate race that should be a sweep for the democrats like everywhere else.
It’s almost funny because people got all excited about how the Internet would democratize media. And then it did. And it’s kinda shit.
Is it better than the corporate media landscape of yesteryear? I think it’s debatable.
On the one hand, more underrepresented voices are platformed. On the other, any narcissistic asshole can achieve demagogue status and the rich assholes from before have many more strings they can pull.
It’s reaching (reached?) the burn-it-all-down-and-start-over point.
We are still in the growing pains stage of that democratization IMO. Media literacy hasn’t quite kept up so we’re worshiping unqualified nobodies because that’s what’s available. Real expertise and academic authority hasn’t really had much incentive to move to social media until very recently because old media and walled gardens are still lucrative. It will hit an equilibrium eventually though, and not just with the quality of content available, but people will learn to navigate misinformation better.
I know people really hate AI around here, but one of the things it’s doing is forcing us to re-learn some things about information chain of custody social media broke over the past decade.
got all excited about how the Internet would democratize media. And then it did. And it’s kinda shit.
Uhhhh…
It didn’t tho, at least not talking about nepo baby twitch streamers who were handed a platform on their uncles network named after the perpatraters of the Armenian genocide…
It’s not like America picked this guy out nowhere, he had a literal media company behind him and generational wealth.
It’s like how Taylor Swift didn’t get famous because of talent, her parents were loaded and had connections in the industry. She didn’t need a record deal, her parent just bankrolled an album.
That’s a huge barrier to entry removed, so judging nepo babies like average people never makes sense. It’s already at the point today where you have to be wealthy to take off in entertainment.
The irony is Piker’s schtick is hes supposed to be a “man of the people” when all he cares about his own views and bank account.
Lmao a fukn streamer guys it’s a fuking streamer for crying out loud what the fuk have we become
Epstein was a talentless nobody too but turned out pretty great for moving and shaking political actors
Good point
And Joe Rogan is just a podcaster, crazy how much soft power is a thing.
Crazy how stupid people can be
The GOP seem to need someone to do their thinking for them and tell them what their positions should be. I don’t need a streamer to tell me how to think progressively.
A streamer who was directly campaigning with DSA candidates and promoting them to their audience. Everyone always seem to leave that part out in Hasan discourse for some reason. To say he’s just a streamer is like saying Jon Stewart is just a comedian or Joe Rogan is just a podcaster. He has pulled back heavily though after he flew too close to the sun and actually hurt a candidate race that should be a sweep for the democrats like everywhere else.
a terrorism supporting misogynist animal abuser preaching to far to many idiots
like you?
Someone loves his little Benny boy.
How does genocide taste? Probably better then that boot stuck in your throat.
Hasan hits too close to home for you so you have to resort to zionist talking points.
At least now I know and have identified another fascist, thank you.
It’s almost funny because people got all excited about how the Internet would democratize media. And then it did. And it’s kinda shit.
Is it better than the corporate media landscape of yesteryear? I think it’s debatable.
On the one hand, more underrepresented voices are platformed. On the other, any narcissistic asshole can achieve demagogue status and the rich assholes from before have many more strings they can pull.
It’s reaching (reached?) the burn-it-all-down-and-start-over point.
We are still in the growing pains stage of that democratization IMO. Media literacy hasn’t quite kept up so we’re worshiping unqualified nobodies because that’s what’s available. Real expertise and academic authority hasn’t really had much incentive to move to social media until very recently because old media and walled gardens are still lucrative. It will hit an equilibrium eventually though, and not just with the quality of content available, but people will learn to navigate misinformation better.
I know people really hate AI around here, but one of the things it’s doing is forcing us to re-learn some things about information chain of custody social media broke over the past decade.
On the other other hand, it’s still corporatized media, just with a more hidden incentive structure.
Uhhhh…
It didn’t tho, at least not talking about nepo baby twitch streamers who were handed a platform on their uncles network named after the perpatraters of the Armenian genocide…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Turks#Armenian_genocide
It’s not like America picked this guy out nowhere, he had a literal media company behind him and generational wealth.
It’s like how Taylor Swift didn’t get famous because of talent, her parents were loaded and had connections in the industry. She didn’t need a record deal, her parent just bankrolled an album.
That’s a huge barrier to entry removed, so judging nepo babies like average people never makes sense. It’s already at the point today where you have to be wealthy to take off in entertainment.
The irony is Piker’s schtick is hes supposed to be a “man of the people” when all he cares about his own views and bank account.