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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
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
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.