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

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) by extremeboredom to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is very dismissive of the other commenters you've responded to who also appear to have understood you quite well. The difference is just that you like this one better.

You rail against someone for their privileges, but can't seem to see past your own biases. We all have biases. It's important to be able to recognize them and try to see past them. Including against privileged allies.

[–] extremeboredom 1 points 1 day ago

"One of" the only ones, not "the" only one. The difference is exactly what I stated, the respondant clearly understood my question. Would you like me to edit each of my other replies, to acknowledge the ones who also understood my question, for consistency's sake? I should probably then reply to each of the ones who didn't understand my question, to make sure and point it out, right? Otherwise I'm being very dismissive?

I've been learning from this discussion, so I'm not sure why you think I'm incapable of seeing my biases.

Here's a question: Is it cool to hoard wealth if you're saying leftist-sounding stuff while you do it?