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This guy's dad is the former VP of a multibillion dollar Turkish conglomerate, as well as the secretary of a government department. Mom and Dad were able to fly to their other home in NJ to give birth so he'd get US citizenship. His uncle is the founder and owner of TYT Media and gave him his media career. He went to Rutgers. He lives in a multimillion dollar mansion in the Hollywood Hills. This is by definition not the kind of person who can be a voice of the People. Saying "I recognize my privilege" over and over, while living his lifestyle, doesn't negate his privilege and complete lack of real-life experience outside of the curated garden of the wealthy. He gets paid obscene amounts of cash to sit in his bedroom and word-vomit for 9 hours a day. Why are his unending opinions taken so seriously? He gives me strong controlled opposition vibes.

Edit: Thank you all for this discussion. I learned a lot.

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[-] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 8 hours ago

I was speaking generally, I’m not American so things are different to me.

[-] AnneVolin@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 hours ago

If you're from the UK the situation is the same. The entire system came down on Corbyn, but there are very few places in the world right now where there are real leftist politics happening.

[-] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 8 hours ago

Oh, ok. Thank you. Putting it like that makes it easier to picture.

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