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This guy's dad is the former VP of a multibillion dollar Turkish conglomerate, as well as the secretary of a government department. Mom and Dad were able to fly to their other home in NJ to give birth so he'd get US citizenship. His uncle is the founder and owner of TYT Media and gave him his media career. He went to Rutgers. He lives in a multimillion dollar mansion in the Hollywood Hills. This is by definition not the kind of person who can be a voice of the People. Saying "I recognize my privilege" over and over, while living his lifestyle, doesn't negate his privilege and complete lack of real-life experience outside of the curated garden of the wealthy. He gets paid obscene amounts of cash to sit in his bedroom and word-vomit for 9 hours a day. Why are his unending opinions taken so seriously? He gives me strong controlled opposition vibes.

Edit: Thank you all for this discussion. I learned a lot.

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[โ€“] AnneVolin@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Because he's cool to a certain type of person and those people are vaguely leftist (just like Hasan is vaguely leftist).

That cool factor and the parasocial relationships protect him a lot in places like this where some of the more knowledgeable users will actually dunk on his sources like Ettingermentum when they do/say stupid shit. It's incredibly funny to see.

Honestly that's pretty much it.

[โ€“] Textmode@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

I have no idea who this guy is but Fidel was the child of a plantation owner.

[โ€“] socsa@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You will struggle to get serious answers here. But many leftists crave validation more than they crave good ideas. Not all of them, mind you, but on places like ML anyone outside the orthodoxy inevitably just gets shouted down.

[โ€“] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Obsessing over "privilege" smells like jealousy

[โ€“] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Haven't seen/heard much of his videos.
And some gamers going RW is an issue, right? Maybe he'll be good there?

So what is to be done?
Are there other people you'd recommend?

[โ€“] iii@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

He cute though

[โ€“] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's nothing "leftist" about Piker, no matter what he chooses to call himself. People need to pay attention to what he does, not what he says.

[โ€“] krolden@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
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