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Can anyone help me understand why Hasan Piker is so popular in leftist political spaces despite his immense privilege? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by extremeboredom@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] compostgoblin@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is Hasan Piker really the biggest voice on the political left?

[–] AnneVolin@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Depends on what you define left, but if it's left of the DNC and corporate media than he's one of the biggest no doubt about it.

[–] compostgoblin@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe I’m the one that’s out of the loop, but I’d consider myself fairly informed and on the left, and I only think I’ve heard him speak once or twice. I don’t watch any streams though, so it could just be that I’m not part of that community

[–] AnneVolin@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hasan's follower gain for November - December alone is roughly the size of the entire Lemmy fediverse MAU, ~60k.

[–] compostgoblin@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yep, sounds like I’m the odd one out then. Although Lemmy is far from my only source of news and information