Why does he need to be defended? Does he actually contribute to the issues he is concerned with in any way that doesn’t also benefit his brand? How would any streamer, regardless of their professed politics, be worth anything to a revolutionary process? Why is he not a mere spectacle?
I think he’s very valuable. He’s become more able to articulate Marxist theory over the year and he’s tuned in to mainstream lib shit enough to critique it from a more leftist lens. This isn’t to say most of his value doesn’t lie on the mere fact that he is one of the biggest streamers on the planet, but he’s hot and presentable and his politics aren’t terrible.
I add, I don’t watch him regularly. This massive smear campaign is obviously astrotrufed
I mean, even if the evidence is clear I still don’t think it matters. Yeah sure he trains his dog unethically to sit in front of his camera… He’s in love with himself, doesn’t really matter. As long as normies have a pipeline to a (debatably) ML creator, that’s going to do much more good in the long term. Plus if you eat meat you don’t really have a leg to stand on in the “animal cruelty” accusations.
Will say, I do find Hasan insufferable and I don’t watch his content but I think it’s good that he exists over not existing.
I think Hasan is just super strict and regimented. He says dogs need super strict routines without any deviation to be happy. Like yeah dogs need structure, but he’s overbearing with it for sure. Like he’s definitely autistic and some autistic people are extremely regimented and inflexible, so idk. Everyone around him that loves animals say his dog is pampered. But like, from what I know from American culture most people CAGE their dogs!! So just ordering his dog around and not letting her roam is pretty mild compared to that.
It depends on the people, the work schedule and any number of things.
How regimented you should be with your dogs, or caging them?..