This guy’s dad is the former VP of a multibillion dollar Turkish conglomerate, as well as the secretary of a government department. Mom and Dad were able to fly to their other home in NJ to give birth so he’d get US citizenship. His uncle is the founder and owner of TYT Media and gave him his media career. He went to Rutgers. He lives in a multimillion dollar mansion in the Hollywood Hills. This is by definition not the kind of person who can be a voice of the People. Saying “I recognize my privilege” over and over, while living his lifestyle, doesn’t negate his privilege and complete lack of real-life experience outside of the curated garden of the wealthy. He gets paid obscene amounts of cash to sit in his bedroom and word-vomit for 9 hours a day. Why are his unending opinions taken so seriously? He gives me strong controlled opposition vibes.

Edit: Thank you all for this discussion. I learned a lot.

  • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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    19 days ago

    Imagine actually drawing the line at Hasan Piker’s net worth…

    • Average U.S. net worth: $1,000,000
    • Hasan Piker net worth: $2,600,000

    Here are your real enemies:

    • Elon Musk net worth: $336,800,000,000
    • Jeff Bezos net worth: $225,900,000,000
    • AnneVolin@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      19 days ago

      Lol this is a misuse of statistics to make it look like Hasan isn’t rich. The median US net worth is roughly $200,000. That means 50% of people have less than $200k of net worth, and remember it’s not real money.

      Hasan makes the median net worth of an American in one month on Twitch subs alone. Using just his house price as his “net worth” is laughable.