• teagrrl@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    I am aware that it is popular. A lot of it is infotainment. The streamer format creates a cult surrounding these personalities. They are political entertainers not great thinkers. I cannot take these giant internet egos seriously and their communities become hostile to dissent. E.G. the Graham Platner situation. They are reactionary.

    • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPM
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      3 days ago

      I agree with most of what you said but it also applies to basically any type of media. For example Alex Jones or Joe Rogan a few years ago.

      Streamers are just the latest iteration of it and they are having a lot of influence on the political sphere and the political left.