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You're surprised that people "on the left" won't just bow down to a semi-famous person who claims to support progressive policies?
Like, even assuming this guy was a politician or actually trying to help people besides increase his twitch views...
People "on the left" aren't the same as MAGA, some will blindly follow a charismatic person who tells them what they want to hear and convinces them that all you need to do is listen constantly and never question...
But most won't.
Like, you realize literally everyone with an anti-authoritarian streak is on "the left" and they'll never just blindly hitch their wagon to a streamer.
If Piker put his money where his mouth is and ran for an office with a progressive platform...
His popularity would skyrocket.
But if he's just gonna "raise awareness" don't be surprised when people stick him in the same category as Susan G Komen.
Whatever time you spend watching Piker and juicing his twitch metrics, would be spent better elsewhere. All you're doing is funding his West Hollywood mansion lifestyle.
It's the same fucking grift MAGA fell for.
A millionaire neo baby streamer is not gonna save us, he's only gonna grift the stupidest of us. And if we're really unlucky, he'll manipulate a non zero amount of people into not voting in the Dem primaries.
That is the reason people don't like him, we need all hands on deck and he's telling people to just watch him and do what he says.
Wow, calm down lol.
Not everyone has to run for office. He reaches millions of people with his waffling. That's much more than you are doing by posting.
Also it's really not a new thing that 'the left' loves to tear into itself much more than do something productive. Ever heard of the purity spiral?
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Crazy how Hasan fans talk just like Maga and uses the exact same logic...
I'm no Hasan fan. I know of the guy and have seen him in interviews but I don't have time for twitch or wherever he streams. I'm too old for that. I just find the constant nitpicking and subdividing of ideas on the left really depressing. I'm not from the US but it killed all momentum in my country too. Several times over. Just be happy a guy is getting more people on our big tent side. We sure as hell need it.