Story is very fresh right now with several outlets blowing it up as a 'we won!' moment and AOC calling for his arrest for incitement or some shit.
He needs to do a Rubin or something similar as he was the one thing that made people even watch fox sometimes because of his anaylsis. I sense Fox's viewing figures are going to dive again...
Counterpoint: Stephan Molyneux had a million subscriber youtube channel and dropped into obscurity after he was banned.
Of course Tucker is in a better position than Molyneux, but my point is that it's not always all sunshine and roses when goes (or are forced to go) independent.
There’s definitely a critical mass below which a political commentator cannot survive without the big platforms (YouTube or a TV network). Molyneux was below the threshold.
One scary implication of this face is that it’s in the best interests of the leftist establishment to crush newcomers before they reach the threshold. I’m sure they’ve figured this one. I wonder how many great people were spotted by the algorithm as having a sharp upward trajectory and preemptively banned and the rest of us never know they existed.
Yeah I used to watch this guy's channel who was like a "Styx but right-wing and more normal looking" in terms of content and presentation. I think he got to 1000 subs before he ducked out because he was taking some job adjacent to academia and couldn't have what he was saying associated with his face and work in that field.
Then on the other side you have chucke2009 who had this welding channel with a million subs and a bunch of corporate sponsorships, and aside from a few minor hints at being a Trump supporting normiecon was completely apolitical until his last video where he went full-on "we must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children" and nuked his channel. Half the comments on that video before it went down were "wait, what? I thought this was a welding channel" and the other half were "based!". It was a sight to behold.
Kinda wish guys like the latter would use their sponsorships to covertly fund patronage networks so guys like the former don't have to depend on the System to eat, but we're some years from that happening.
I was a fan of Molineux and tried to follow him after his was kicked off of YT. His demeanor immediately changed for the worse. He stopped doing his well-prepared "the truth about" shows and switched to doing call in shows and lazy live streams. All he could talk about was his getting banned. And, stupidly, he declared "I'm done with politics!" I can't understand that one. That was time time to double down. He'd already been kicked off the normie internet. In general it seems like he was addicted to the fame of his YT channel and couldn't handle losing it.
It's really funny how if you Google both Moly and Hitler compare their Wikipedia blurps that Google uses to describe them it's like he's literally "worse than Hitler" in his views.
LOL guy's an AnCap who thinks the Non-Aggression Principle even extends to parents using corporal discipline on their children, and that's how they describe him.
Sorry if I'm being dumb, but what groups are you referring to with this:
Without the threat of a firing hanging over dissidents' heads and them being able to essentially earn a potential unlimited amount of income doing whatever they want with their following they are going to be a far worse threat to the establishment than before.
Bingo. They foolishly believe that removing an internet platform will shut a man up.
The truth is that it spills into reality.
See “Handsome Truth” as part of the Goyum Defense League as an example.
Unfortunately, I think they know what they are doing. They don't care about shutting you up. They care about so marginalizing you that you're not heard by anyone except those who already agree with you.
Tucker was dangerous because he was telling the truth to boomer Republicans who normally support everything GOP politicians tell them to support. So he had to go (if he was forced out).
I meant the different "theys" confused me. I think Antonio got it.
Cue a fresh wave of concern about doing something about 'dangerous' online disinformation.
These people seem to think that silencing dissent will just make it magically go away. They're very determined in their stubbornness - heaven forbid they try and seek an understanding.
At that point Tucker would die in an unfortunate plane crash.