There has to be some bad intent on the part of the grifter, too. If TPUSA knows it's appealing just to boomers and loser college Republicans, but it sells itself to right-wing money as a pipeline for a broader segment of youth, that's a grift because they know they're not providing what they claim to be providing, but are cashing in off of it anyway.
It's an extreme stretch to apply this logic to a podcast that isn't really selling itself to anyone as anything specific. And we should be treating self-described socialists out there creating openly-socialist media with good faith, anyway.
There has to be some bad intent on the part of the grifter, too. If TPUSA knows it's appealing just to boomers and loser college Republicans, but it sells itself to right-wing money as a pipeline for a broader segment of youth, that's a grift because they know they're not providing what they claim to be providing, but are cashing in off of it anyway.
It's an extreme stretch to apply this logic to a podcast that isn't really selling itself to anyone as anything specific. And we should be treating self-described socialists out there creating openly-socialist media with good faith, anyway.