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Current affairs magazine Slate reports on the Leftist movement's political equivalent of Joe Rogan: Hasan "Abi" Piker. Slate elaborates on Piker's origins to the political commentary space, substantiates his trials and tribulations with becoming one of the most well known, well paid, hottest socialists, and proposes Piker's no holds barred approach to advocating for the working class American as the Democratic Party's new platform in wake of the humiliating 2024 General Election.

Consider reading if you aren't familiar with Hasan! He's opened my eyes to a world outside of Capitalism that has helped me better understand open source technologies like FOSS software, and the kinds of systems that inevitably lead to closed source technologies falling apart that serve no one, charging a fortune in return.

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[–] jordanlund 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Editorialized headlines aren't allowed, please revert to the original or we'll have to remove it.

"Who’s Afraid of Hasan Piker?

He’s hot. He’s “dangerous.” Young men actually listen to him. Is he what Democrats are looking for?"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hi! First time posting on Lemmy actually.

I've changed the headline. Can I leave my blurb about it too, or do I need to delete that and pull straight from the article?

[–] jordanlund 2 points 1 day ago

Blurb is fine! No worries there, but the headline is the important bit.

When posting to Lemmy, remember that each community has their own rules. Make sure you read the sidebar on each before posting.

[–] just_another_person 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

God damn. Can we stop with this shit for a few days?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Are a lot of people covering this already on Lemmy? My bad, I should've checked. I think Hasan is great and I just wanted to share a good article about him that tries not to slander him one way or another

[–] just_another_person 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's like the 10th "the left's new Joe Rogan" headline I've seen in just a few days. Earlier today it was some podcast that supposedly beat his ratings, and yesterday it was some other podcast that was blablahRogan.

The left doesn't need a Joe Rogan, we need less stupid people that pay attention to dumb shit like Joe Rogan.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"the left" doesn't need a dude bro podcast. that market does not exist.

what "the left" needs are more voices that are not mouthpieces for the consultant class or the white male lib bros like the pod save people.

the meidas touch podcast just beat out rogan as the top political podcast. how about more pods like that.

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

what “the left” needs are more voices that are not... white male lib bros...

the meidas touch podcast just beat out rogan as the top political podcast. how about more pods like that.

lmao

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I notice that you conveniently left out the thing that I said at the very end, LIKE THE POD SAVE PEOPLE.

and if you bother to listen to the mtn you'd know that just because they're white and male doesn't make them white male lib bros. there are lots of podcasters out there who are also white and male and liberal absolutely do not act and talk like how they do on crooked media.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

So is this the DNCs take away? That they didn’t get a Rogan so they lost. Because it sure feels like a bit of a media push for a left Rogan with these articles lately.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Hasan is a tankie. Very popular on twitch, pretends to be left, but leans more right. He's kinda like Joe Rogan with his political grifts. He promoted a terrorist on twitch, trying to platform them. He also has beef with other streamers, like Destiny and h3h3productions, for differences in politics and the Gaza situation. OP, promoting Hasan is a red flag.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Name a single position Hasan has that is on the right lmao. I suspect you're just saying that because he's critical of Democrats. That kid he interviewed is not a member of Ansar Allah, literally just a Yemeni teenager.

[–] TokenBoomer 2 points 2 days ago

It’s not right that he’s so sexy

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Ethan and Hila are both zionists, so anyone clashing with their views on Gaza is a positive.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago

Supporting genocide is not a "difference in politics."

[–] normalexit 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The thing Joe Rogan has going for him is that he is friends with funny people and has them on his show. Just scrolling through this guy's stuff it seems like it will just be depressing political news.

It's good that a leftist podcast is getting attention, but unless it is occasionally entertaining I can't do it right now. Oliver and Stewart do a good job of making me laugh at depressing topics.. maybe my elder millennial is showing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

The thing Joe Rogan has going for him is that he is friends with funny people

Ha. Now that's funny.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I dont like hasan. he doesnt actually do anything to help his causes he just whines on the internet all day. has he ever gone to a protest or a rally? or does he just sit in his million dollar mansion all day getting rich off of gen z and gen alpha brainlets giving him those millions which could actually go to good causes?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

He has gone to protests! And rallies!

In recent memory, he's attended pro Palestinian protests in Chicago, showcased nonprofits trying to help those in squalor in Skid Row, Los Angeles, and marched/striked in solidarity with SAG-AFTRA workers. More recently, he's done real world journalism by speaking to imprisoned peoples that populate firefighting forces in California. That story was especially potent because of the fires that happened recently in Los Angeles.

In all instances, he's brought his 30,000-strong Twitch audience and casted the spotlight on local leaders that can speaker better to the issues at hand. I think him bringing awareness to these things, in addition to him covering the news, definitely gets overlooked by many people that already have a preconception of him.