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Hasan Piker Sees It All
The socialist Twitch streamer explains how his media diet inspires him to win over young viewers to his side of the internet.
“Liberalism is failing, fascism is rising through the ashes, and God forbid the alternative, any sort of socialist thought, is terrifying for the masses to actually develop any kind of allegiance to,” he said when we spoke on the phone earlier this year. While his work has resulted in a good deal of notoriety, the job itself can be unglamorous and painstaking.Before logging on, Piker says he spends his mornings perusing every corner of the media before setting an agenda that he’ll post to his social-media channels. After watching him play Assassin’s Creed, talk about Vinland Saga, work out with Dr. Mike Israetel, or pal around with fellow streamers Maya Higa and Valkyrae elsewhere on the internet, people might tune in to hear Piker make a case for a political future that includes Medicare for All, Palestinian freedom, and transgender rights.
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