I think the bigger issue is some of these streamers are habitually incorrect assholes, and it's painful to see someone make a shitload of money being both wrong and counterproductive.
Skull boy is right, though, and the house discourse is dumb.
Even bigger issue is that, as @ABigguhPizzahPieh points out in his comment, half the American left revolves around fundamentally unproductive shit like parasocial relationships with streamers. They're probably more of a symptom than a cause, though.
It's a symptom of the long degeneration of the left in North America, Western Europe, and maybe even the world. Capital is more international than ever but socialists are more and more atomized, and the parties that remain are bound up within national borders. People ask where is our Lenin or our Luxembourg, but those two weren't celebrity intellectuals that just happened to be really smart. They were part of a massive international party, a real force capable of thinking about what is going on and what to do not just in one place but everywhere. They were smart and capable in a way we can't produce anymore because there is no party or movement. There is a lot to do and unfortunately we're stuck in this loop of being mad at another streamer or podcaster
I think the bigger issue is some of these streamers are habitually incorrect assholes, and it's painful to see someone make a shitload of money being both wrong and counterproductive.
Skull boy is right, though, and the house discourse is dumb.
Even bigger issue is that, as @ABigguhPizzahPieh points out in his comment, half the American left revolves around fundamentally unproductive shit like parasocial relationships with streamers. They're probably more of a symptom than a cause, though.
It's a symptom of the long degeneration of the left in North America, Western Europe, and maybe even the world. Capital is more international than ever but socialists are more and more atomized, and the parties that remain are bound up within national borders. People ask where is our Lenin or our Luxembourg, but those two weren't celebrity intellectuals that just happened to be really smart. They were part of a massive international party, a real force capable of thinking about what is going on and what to do not just in one place but everywhere. They were smart and capable in a way we can't produce anymore because there is no party or movement. There is a lot to do and unfortunately we're stuck in this loop of being mad at another streamer or podcaster