chapotraphouse @hexbear.net o_d [he/him] @lemmygrad.ml 9 mo. ago

Hasan's mods banned me

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.

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the real move is not watching streamers of any sort.
- It's the least painful way to understand what the liberal and conservative media are reporting.
- 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
- I like barb, how many hours of reeducation will I need?
  
  all of them.
  
  modCheck
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.
- It's a small club, and we're not in it.
  
  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.
  
  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.
What's his Ukraine take?
- Both sides. Russia is completely in the wrong for invading. This conflict began in 2022. Never mind Euromaidan, Minsk, and Minsk II. He does at least place some blame on NATO, and recognizes that Russia has legitimate security concerns.
No space left to be against the war machine.

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