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YouTubers Will Enter Politics
- G4BB3R 8y agoThe article forgot to tell that they were financed by the most corrupt party in Brazil, PMDB.
- adnzzzzZ 8y agoAs with any claim made against them, there's at least a video of one of them talking about it. Sadly, only those who understand Portuguese can draw their own conclusions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lDTRhfyVXE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lDTRhfyVXE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SprN1s7aW8k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SprN1s7aW8k In my opinion, the claim "they were financed by PMDB" is fake news that people who only read headlines fall for, as stated in one of the videos.
- elocinstr8t 8y agoToday it's the YouTubers. Tomorrow, it's the AI running for office. Welcome to digital age. Do you think this will be for the better? I mean, sure, if these YouTubers studied and know politics, but if they're doing it just because they can, then we're probably still doomed.
- gt2 8y agoI think that's quite a leap you made. These are still people and YouTube just gave them a platform to become popular.
- elocinstr8t 8y agoIt is, but think about what happened in the American politics and who ended up in the position. He did because he can and now look at the situation of the country. It's true they're still people, but we can't deny the fact that there are those who will run for office just because they can. I won't say all of them should stay away from the politics, but one or two of those YouTubers could be running for office just for the sake of "views" and "likes".
- throwaway080383 8y agoPregnant Elsa vs. Green Spider-Man Family w/ Surprise Kinder Surprise Color Counting For President!
- stale2002 8y agoThis is less ridiculous than it sounds. There is a long history of entertainers and cultural icons becoming politicians. And YouTube and other streaming platforms are merely the newest and recently successful platforms for entertainment and cultural influence. It should not be surprising that these new cultural icons might enter politics.
- twblalock 8y agoIt's funny how standards change. During the 1980 campaign, people complained that Ronald Reagan was just an aging pretty-boy actor whose only political experience was 8 years as governor of California.
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- ur-whale 8y ago>There is a long history of entertainers becoming politicians. In many cases, one could argue that both trades are one and the same.
- comesee 8y agoI love how fast things are changing. Excited to see where things go
- comesee 8y agoHN is a weird place, so weird I was downvoted for being excited about the future.
- mattlondon 8y agoProbably downvoted because - with respect - your comment didn't really add anything interesting or insightful to the discourse here. For the future it might be more interesting to state why are you excited about this? What's the reason that this is exciting? Are there interesting things about this that other readers might not have considered or that wasn't covered in the article? Thoughtful and interesting comments that add to the article with extra content/context/objections/etc are usually what people want to see in the comments section. HN has a really wide and varied readership and there often are a lot of readers who have a lot of experience/qualifications or are experts/semi-experts in a subject so the comments are often extremely insightful and often provide another angle to the story. Probably best to save short comments about how you are feeling for twitter.
- comesee 8y agoThanks Matt, very appreciated. On the other hand I somewhat feel like if I had put forth my opinion on why I was excited, I would have been even more downvoted. I suppose no comment at all is really what they want.
- robfitz 8y agoUpvotes & downvotes are used in a specific way here. They aren't meant to show agreement or support, but rather to recognise that your comment holds some interesting value (or lack thereof) for other readers. A quick comment of excitement is low value to other readers, regardless of it being an authentic feeling. Hope that clarifies.
- egypturnash 8y agoPresident Logan Paul. Holy fuck I do not want to live in that world.
- gsaga 8y agoDon't worry, 11 year olds can't vote.
- SerLava 8y agoBut when he's 35, those 11 year olds will be voting age and will crack up when someone mentions that idea. And that's the danger. Weirdly.
- toomanybeersies 8y agoPeople always worry about joke candidates getting enough votes to actually gain a seat, but how often does this actually occur?
- tinym 8y agoWell, at least once, recently
- paulcole 8y agoI’m assuming you mean Trump? If so, you’re doing yourself a disservice by dismissing him as a joke. I hate the guy as much as anyone but he does deserve some credit. He saw the way he could win when everyone else thought he was a joke. By the time anyone realized he was going to win it was way too late.
- allenz 8y agoPerhaps he wasn't prescient, just lucky.
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- ValleyOfTheMtns 8y agoI'm reminded of the Black Mirror episode "The Waldo Moment". It's the 3rd episode of season 2 (6th episode overall). Worth watching.
- siruncledrew 8y agoThere are times when I think Black Mirror portrays things too ridiculously, but the underlying sentiments end up being eerily real.
- 0xdeadb00f 8y agoAgreed. That episode in particular had quite an unbelievable ending.
- davedx 8y agoAlready happened in the UK: Sargon of Akkad and CountDankula joined UKIP and are out there speaking out about their brand of alt right/lite YouTube politics. PrisonPaul of InfoWars also joined, but it seems he’s still mostly staying in his basement and making endless clips about PC or immigration than making the transition to “IRL” like the other two have. What kind of impact this will have remains to be seen. UKIP is still a fringe party for now.
- microcolonel 8y ago> Sargon of Akkad and CountDankula joined UKIP and are out there speaking out about their brand of alt right/lite YouTube politics. I must say, I'm not so sure it's the British liberals (Sargon) and former unironic communist comedians (Dankula) who are pushing "alt right" politics on YouTube. To quote Sargon of Akkad in an interview published a few hours ago: “After the 20th century, liberalism is the only [political] ideology left standing with any moral credibility. Communism and fascism have both failed catastrophically, and the worst human disasters in all of human history were because of continental collective ideologies like communism and fascism.” Given that the alt right is basically defined by a respect for that same continental collective ideology (ethno-national socialism), it seems that Sargon of Akkad is a tremendous critic of their ideology, not a purveyor of it.
- funkythings 8y agoGiven you are calling Sargon and Count Dankula alt-right shows how little you know about them.
- namdnay 8y agoI think it's fair to say that Benjamin is somewhere in the alt-right nebula: Anti-feminism, UKIP, 4chan, anti-"political correctness"... If it quacks like a duck
- exo762 8y agoAlt-right is defined by its identity politics. Anti-feminism is not anti-women's-rights. Stuff you are listing (minus UKIP) is shared by everyone to the right of the progressives. Including liberals.
- rataata_jr 8y agoBuzzfeed! My trusted news source!!! /s
- microcolonel 8y agoBuzzFeed News is one of the more reliable, fair, and balanced channels these days. Typically they have less spin than CNN. That is, speaking only of news; both BuzzFeed and CNN have steaming hot pools of garbage for you to gorge yourselves on, if you think the opinions of morons and advertisers are more important than the facts.
- collyw 8y ago>less spin than CNN hardly a benchmark to set your standards by.
- jjjensen90 8y agoThis comes up every time a BuzzFeed News article makes the front page... BuzzFeed News does real, serious journalism and is separate from BuzzFeed's entertainment/quiz/nonsense site (which funds BuzzFeed News). Whether or not you appreciate their perspective as a journalistic site is a different matter, but BuzzFeed News is not a joke.
- rataata_jr 8y agoTen things that you can do with your period blood. You won't believe the 7th one.
- gregjwild 8y agoThey haven't already? YouTube is already a key intellectual touchstone for many people already. Whether or not they're party members, they're already influencing many people's views. I personally worry about it given the flagrant disregard for rigor in their op-ed style, but it's here to stay.
- pjc50 8y agoNot so much "disregard for vigor" as systematic far-right racism, helped along by Youtube's algorithmic suggestions. Not only is there a risk of them in politics but also of them radicalising the already angry to acts of terrorism.
- agumonkey 8y agoWho's gonna be youtube's Reagan ?