So Caleb Maupin is now labelled a Nazbol. That seems to be the newest buzzword that means 'bad person' And i say that, because if you go look at the comments, not one person mentions anything that he did that is nazbol-ish.
And now Thought Slime, the Serfs, and now apparently Luna Oi, and Noncompete are attacking or cancelling or cutting ties with him.
So, opinions? On Caleb, or the others?
I value your opinion as communists, because something similar happened to me, involving alleged communists.
YouTube does tend to platform grifters and some truly heinous people, MLs not excluded.
Maupin has the potential to improve, but until he gets past his own ego ( check out this vid of him bragging about being trumps favorite reporter below), I don't see him improving.
My biggest gripe with him tho is that he pushes for "US with socialist characteristics", rather than decolonization, balkanization, and overthrow of the imperial core. He consistently rejects and tells people not to read settlers, divided world divided class, and dismisses the concept of US metropolitan labor, putting him ultimately on the same side as vaush and all the other US chauvinists when it comes to the colonial question.
Again, he could improve in the future, and I hope he does.
I read a tweet a while back that went "tankies have no power: all the best youtubers are varying shades of anarchists"
Which just about summed up their entire petit-bourgeois, individualistic and faux revolutionary world view
If youre not in a communist party then you have no political power anyway and no amount of youtube celebrity (only a slight step up from Youtube comments) is going to change that
Im sure there is a definitive question of who is right and wrong in this 'struggle' to which i reply they are both worse
Which just about summed up their entire petit-bourgeois, individualistic and faux revolutionary world view
That sure clarifies things. Thanks.
So i googled the first on your list as i had a bet with myself hes plugging a patreon like so many other 'left' grifters
Oh what a surprise
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Tbf explicity ML youtubers have Patreon too. Not much wrong in wanting to make some money.
Workers should be compensated for their labor. Yes, that means that communist and anarchist YouTubers could, and I think, should, have Patreons. Especially if you refuse to run ads, which Thought Slime does.
How are you supposed to make leftist content? Running ads? That seems hypocritical. Working a day job? That's fine, but you'll but have less time to make content. Honestly I think Patreon is probably the best way because everyone gets the content for free, the creator gets compensated for their labor.
Of course, once we live in a classless, moneyless, stateless society, then the conversation would be different, but YouTubers got rent due every month, too.
