I've been watching a lot of philosophy tube, and some others, lately. And for the most part I really like them. However I've seen a bit of hate for them here. Am I missing something? Is criticism more directed at their the chunk of their fans who only pay lip service to the ideas they present or is actually a problem with the creators. Edit: Or maybe I miss read everything and this community doesn't have a problem with them at all. Edit 2: Thanks for the responses and other places to look. Like I said I've mostly been watching philosophy tube (who maybe subtly calls for violent uprising but he still does) and just dipping my toes into the others, looks like I'll skip most of the other channels. As far as being radicalized I'm there already, I just really like the presentation of what I've watched so far. And its given me something to send to my brother who has been mildly interested but is pretty damn far from radical.

  • Peter_jordanson [doe/deer,any]
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    4 years ago

    I started following of the usual suspects breadtubers back in 2016 when trump was just elected. It was a breath of fresh air from all the alt right shit filling up youtube.

    I think the reason i started to disconnect is that... let's face it; channels like contrapoints and Hbomberguy were originally juvenile dunk videos on nasty alt-right figures. They started to address more serious political and social problems of the era as the years went by but they seemed to reach a limit to their content around 2019. Ollie talks about interesting stuff but he seems a bit creepy to me and turns me off very quickly with his theatrical digressions. Contrapoints has still done some interesting videos lately (i really enjoyed her video on CRINGE) but her content feels less and less political as times goes on and more focused on identity. Hbomberguy is devolving into run of the mill pop culture analysis and I followed Lindsay Ellis for a while but as someone who doesn't care too much about American Pop Culture i started to switch off more and more. She seems to be devolving into one of those fandom commentators.

    People i'm interested in on the left?

    I follow zero book's you tube channel; Ben Burgis; Ashley Frowley, who seems to be shaping up as an anti-jordan peterson with her books on the psychology of happiness in late stage capitalism; I like thought slime tho sometimes i grow weary of his "pissed white boy talking angrily to a camera" aesthetic (there is a lot of that in you tube.) Cass Eris Has a small channel where lately she's been Demystifying Jordan Peterson's 12 rules of life book through behavioral psychology (interesting for understanding CHUD psychology); Tom Nicholas; Non compete; And i'm pretty sure i'm missing a whole lot.

    Lately i've been looking for Leftist youtubers who are Trans or POC, just to get different perspective on political issues; recommendations are appreciated!