“It shows”
“There is no evidence of Israel doing that”
I can’t help but wonder if he deep down understands what he’s saying is a load of crap and if he’s aware that he’s just running damage control for Western Liberalism and this rotten world order it’s built for for its own sake. People will be fooled if they want to be fooled, and liberals who want to pretend that their ideology isn’t sustained by the blood of thousands of children in the global periphery will grasp at anything, no matter how weak. Especially true for streamer grift artists whose personal brand depends on it (something something “you can’t convince someone if their paycheck depends on their ignorance)
There’a no link since I just grabbed this screen, but it looks like he deleted/hid it lol
I really doubt he's an op. I think he's just lucky that he got in the ground floor of the people yelling at each other about politics online while playing video games industry that exists for some reason. if he started streaming 3 years later, we probably wouldn't know anything about him.
there's a really rational explanation for his takes: he's a wikipedia guy, he skims it, then goes along with whatever reactionary positions he holds while pretending to be a liberal. he doesn't "know" or "care" about any of these political issues if you pay attention to what he's saying (though I don't blame you if you don't want to do that since he sucks.)
i guess the part i'm struggling with is... what is the appeal to his audience? vaush i think i get, he provides a slightly esoteric, slightly edgy political identity for radlib nerdlingers to adopt as their own, and he presents it in an intellectual and authoritative tone. destiny is to me a starcraft guy who posted his dick that one time. his politics are proudly ignorant and anti-intellectual. i don't even think he's funny or charismatic, although he wouldn't be the first popular streamer like that. what does the average "stan" get out of listening to the lukewarm opinions of this certified loser?
I think the appeal to stans is that he is a 'logical' person who is willing to debate anybody and is willing to change his mind. He is ignorant and anti-intellectual, but he does have research streams which try to give the impression that he is knowledgeable. Also his life is really chaotic so it's like the appeal of reality TV.
Oh I'd like to change his mind alright
physically
I have that issue too. I've tried to watch some of the debate-lord content before, and I just cannot for the life of me understand why people would go out of their way to hear these people's opinions when they offer no relevant expertise or insights and have the personality of a dirty cat-box. When I listen to the content it's the same shit you could get from a liberal redditor or annoying college freshman.
Destiny presents himself as mature, cool headed, the adult in the room. No real media figure would respond to Vaush lol.
Plus Destiny had a gaming career prior and he is also present in the streamer and podcast “ecosystem” where everyone knows each other. You know how during the Vine days all the creators seemingly showed up on each other’s videos for no reason? That’s basically Destiny.