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  • sawne128 [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    I agree it’s cringe, but I would hope that viewers of a communist channel would know at least enough about the world to understand that Hakim is only promoting this product because he is being paid a shit ton of money for it, rather than because of a genuine passion for the product. And the amount of money involved here is definitely worth more than the sanctity of what is really just some small pop history Youtube channel.

    • QuietCupcake [any, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      7·
      6 months ago

      First of all, not everyone who views a communist channel is a communist. In fact, I would say that ideally (even if not realistically) there would be more non-communists seeing this stuff, the people who would learn something from it rather than just the choir who already knows. And that’s a big part of the problem: neither I or NoLeftWhereILive wants to send this to other people as a result of that ad.

      Also, I would certainly hope he doesn’t have a “passion for the product,” genuine or otherwise. If that were the case, he should be the one watching more communist-101 kind of vids lol. But it’s not about the “sanctity” of his channel… it’s about, like I said, having standards and respect for your audience. It’s not like he’s a starving artist. JT, with whom Hakim also shares a podcast, has said outright that the Patreon money he gets is enough to support him and his family (including the massive US Healthcare bills he had to pay after the birth of his daughter) and Hakim is a doctor on top of that. It’s not that I begrudge him making as much money as he wants, but I think it’s apparent that he is doing so at the cost of his integrity among his viewers, be they communists or not.

      • Diuretic_Materialism [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        not everyone who views a communist channel is a communist. In fact, I would say that ideally (even if not realistically) there would be more non-communists seeing this stuff

        I’m sorry but you’re like totally wrong about this

        • QuietCupcake [any, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          4·
          6 months ago

          If that’s a joke, I don’t get it. Because no, not every single person who has ever watched a Hakim video is a communist. The confused, nonsensical, and sometimes downright sad comments you can often find beneath his videos is proof enough of this.