I am aware that it is popular. A lot of it is infotainment. The streamer format creates a cult surrounding these personalities. They are political entertainers not great thinkers. I cannot take these giant internet egos seriously and their communities become hostile to dissent. E.G. the Graham Platner situation. They are reactionary.
It actually isn't good to lend legitimacy to controlled opposition against the Jeffrey Epsteins & Elon Musks of the world. It just makes you feel better to think you're going to beat them at their own game. I think they fed you this like Wile E. Coyote eating a stick of dynamite in a hot dog, & they're laughing their asses off at you.
What was even the appeal of chudded-out Bernie Sandlers to you?
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teagrrl@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 55d
Ignore streamers they all have shit takes and take up way too much oxygen.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 55d
This is the new media. Showing how it manufactures consent is important. Streamers are getting as many views as mainstream tv channels these days
teagrrl@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 55d
I am aware that it is popular. A lot of it is infotainment. The streamer format creates a cult surrounding these personalities. They are political entertainers not great thinkers. I cannot take these giant internet egos seriously and their communities become hostile to dissent. E.G. the Graham Platner situation. They are reactionary.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 54d
I agree with most of what you said but it also applies to basically any type of media. For example Alex Jones or Joe Rogan a few years ago.
Streamers are just the latest iteration of it and they are having a lot of influence on the political sphere and the political left.
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · -3 pts · 55d
mistermodal@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 55d
It actually isn't good to lend legitimacy to controlled opposition against the Jeffrey Epsteins & Elon Musks of the world. It just makes you feel better to think you're going to beat them at their own game. I think they fed you this like Wile E. Coyote eating a stick of dynamite in a hot dog, & they're laughing their asses off at you.
What was even the appeal of chudded-out Bernie Sandlers to you?
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 55d
What's worse raping kids or killing kids?
nieuemma@mastodon.de · 3 pts · 55d
nieuemma@mastodon.de · 1 pts · 55d
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · -1 pts · 55d
I know someone who was molested at a very young age. This person has some buried trauma but they're a great human.
So I can answer the question, even though I think it's entirely bad-faith.
And neither case seems to related to this guy, so I'm not sure what you're on about.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 55d
Do you know who Graham Platner is?