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.

  • extremeboredom@lemmy.worldOP
    1130·
    21 days ago

    No. It’s a “tired of the dropping standards” thing where I’m dissatisfied with the fact that the biggest voice of our political movement is a loud condescending nepo baby who sits in his bedroom playing video games, watching youtube, and reading Reddit posts for a living, and can’t realistically claim to have any idea about the lives of the oppressed classes he claims to champion.

    • small44@lemmy.world
      264·
      21 days ago

      I guess you want political and social “activists” to have a pathetic life and can’t have fun and do fun activities like playing games. What make you think that he doesn’t read interesting book etc to educate himself about certain issues? Your use of personal attacks remove all your credibility.

      • AnneVolin@lemmy.mlEnglish
        11·
        21 days ago

        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.netEnglish
          5·
          21 days ago

          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.mlEnglish
            10·
            21 days ago

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

            • compostgoblin@slrpnk.netEnglish
              3·
              20 days ago

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

    • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
      142·
      21 days ago

      TBH, I don’t know much about him and read the first few paragraphs of his Wikipedia page. It says while born in New Jersey, he grew up in Turkey under Erdogan, then back to the US to study poli sci. Seems like growing up under a democracy sliding back into authoritarianism would be relevant experience. Your description of him as a “nepo baby” seems quite incomplete and makes me wonder if your perception of him is charged by emotion rather than fact.

      • extremeboredom@lemmy.worldOP
        32·
        20 days ago

        His uncle is the owner and founder of TYT Media, and he got his start in media at… TYT. He comes from an immensely wealthy and politically connected family. He has chosen to live in Hollywood, an epicenter of capitalism at its worst.

        And thanks for your edit, I think I agree that my perception of him is charged by emotion, but in addition to fact.

    • passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world
      71·
      21 days ago

      How about a loud condescending poor who sits in their bedroom playing video games, watching YouTube, reading reddit posts for a living but is super right wing?

      Not like there’s a litany of journalists, professors and former finance ministers with their work available online to watch or anything