Destiny Reacts - Mike from PA The Most Bootstrapped Socialist on Twitch

[@casko9626]

Twitch is the only noble profession

[@budderman11]

How does Mike have an audience? The size of his community worries me.

[@3U9ENE]

For real. It's frightening to know that there are people who actually listens to him unironically.

[@strongbone9471]

Leftovers from hasan.

[@yeezynapkins2970]

Say things people want to hear, collect cash. $ocialism.

[@peter-lq7jo]

ive tuned in to his stream; if youre a brainless hasan viewer mike doesnt seem like a complete psychotic idiot 24/7, especially relative to hasan ; all he does is watch videos for hours on end

[@nursultantulyakbaycats]

gifted subs. Notice how there's not a ton of viewers and chatters proportionally to the amount of subs

[@YemYum]

I get comfort knowing how fringe mikes and Hassan’s views are. It’s the young hip thing to be a socialist. These people never vote so we gucci.

[@plush1993]

I just watched a few vids of this guy "Infared" who is a tankie-communist and has had multiple discussions with Destiny & Vaush. He is like the epitome of an extremely childish, emotional internet scholar. It's definitely entertaining.

[@bromatv4626]

Just keep fighting each other like children and the right will continue to shit all over this country.

[@Jozaaaa]

None of your sentences logically follow, please learn to write it’s embarrassing.

[@YemYum]

@@Jozaaaa weird flex but ok

[@arturzinurov4781]

Their fans might and that’s a scary thought

[@marcmacaluso2795]

I sware BreadTube is Late Capitalism's most ruthless hustle.

[@augustb.w.4778]

Truuuuue

[@Sprite_525]

Id say it’s cults of personality. most online communities are cults pretending to be motivated by some lofty idea

[@marcmacaluso2795]

@@Sprite_525 But progressive groups have the corporate narrative under complete control. Cancel Culture is pretty an exercise in throwing Centrist & Conservatives into the Social Justice Volcano.

[@smallproduction3787]

Destiny you critique socialists yet live rent free in their head.

[@cdubsb3831]

Nice comment

[@adamgrogory]

Curious 🤔

[@flyingmantis-u9u]

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[@adamhinkle5580]

“People’s lives got better under communist regimes” most insane thing I’ve heard in a long time.

[@savagepeace]

It's a pretty hard thing to consider. It's inarguable that under some socialist governments there were large improvements in certain areas. Some of these will be due to external factors, such as industrialisation, but the specific planning under that government will have to be factored in. Yet on the other hand there were a great many areas and people who suffered hugely under socialist governments. This is all obviously different based on which government we're talking about in particular, but if that's the most 'insane thing' you've heard in a while then please don't go to Twitter.

[@kennythawsh]

I busted out laughing when I heard him say that

[@va9053]

Legit delusional

[@Rallylabs]

Only better when compared to the absolute shitholes those countries were before. Standard of living also improved under the Nazis. That doesn’t make Nazism a good idea.

[@didymus3348]

@@Rallylabs Not really, Cuba was a pretty wealthy country before Castro. Germany didn't improve under East Germany. Korea under North Korea. ect.

[@disser3849]

Socialism is when you arent a multimillionaire with a castle.

[@didymus3348]

You mean billionaire. Socialists now consider Millionaires to be part of the working class.

[@lukaszmarzec1226]

@@didymus3348 It's LA bro! Anything less than 25m income is middle class

[@Dasqal]

@@lukaszmarzec1226 Just move? Bro I'm only a millionaire I can't afford to 'just move!'

[@dubsteak]

"Someone giving me money is meritocracy" a true political understander

[@ravener96]

Socialism increased peoples standard of living compared to before? Im not even sure thats true, but even if it was, the free countries improved at a much higher rate, at a time where rate of improvement was the fastes in history.

[@FruityHuevos]

That guy makes 16 stacks a month?!

[@cdubsb3831]

Pretty sure it's mainly from 1 or 2 really rich donors always in his chat.

[@PajamaJazama]

5:08 Nevermind that socialist revolutions have invariably coincided with industrialization and more often than not, dissolution of monarchy or approximate forms of government. Historical literacy really is a prerequisite for having respectable political opinions.

[@zacharychristy8928]

I agree, but for some reason every time people cite history for their politics it's usually nuclear cringe.

[@PajamaJazama]

​@@zacharychristy8928 ​ Because people don't bother to get even a basic grasp of history unfortunately. At least Destiny has the decency to admit that he doesn't study history much, as opposed to say, Vaush. The sad thing is that it really doesn't take much time investment to get a decent overall understanding of history, at least for the purposes of arguing politics.

[@zacharychristy8928]

@@PajamaJazama yeah, I totally agree. I think most people approach "learning" with the mentality that they're just looking for more evidence that confirms their bias. That's how you wind up with takes like "socialist revolutions always lead to improved quality of life" or "Nazis were actually leftists".

[@PajamaJazama]

@@zacharychristy8928 Yeah, historical study & complexity doesn't get a fraction of the respect it deserves nowadays. Sociologist types especially, are so presumptuous to make broad authoritative claims about it, as though sociology qualifies them as historians. The same types will get indignant if anyone does the same with sociology. I really cringed in that Vaush & Destiny 2v2 debate, because right out of the gate both sides were making really silly arguments based on history. Rhetorical ability aside, factually I feel like I could've argued either side of that debate successfully, and I just have a passing interest in history. It really is a huge weakness, because misconstrued history is a massive part of what turns people to the alt-right etc.

[@gregmcclellan8090]

He's right that he is good at agitation. I'm agitated every time I hear him talk.

[@pepehandz7657]

Mike from Pa is so goofy

[@DSPHistoricalSociety]

DON'T DOXX HIM!!

[@BonShula]

What does it matter if it is the most sold book? I would just read it and then throw it in the trash like millions before me.

[@supershot9729]

Its always funny to me that they never consider the exploitation of twitch employees labor or that of amazon or other businesses they are directly helping prop up

[@bizzzzzzle]

Comparing Twitch and Amazon employees is apples and oranges

[@supershot9729]

@@bizzzzzzle you miss my point completely lol try thinking it out again. I was saying they directly and indirectly contribute to the exploitation of labor through supporting a business owned by amazon. My point being they arent blameless on terms of exploitation of workers not that Amazon workers and twitch workers are the fucking same job

[@yeezynapkins2970]

The fact Mike doesn't have to get a real job upsets me greatly.

[@aaaaaaaaaa7699]

Socialism is not living lavish while socialism isn’t the predominating ideal, socialism is not driving past suffering on your way to a lavish life.

[@MrFlyingEskimo]

Somehow getting donations from 15 year old kids using their moms credit card is not exploitative.

[@strangelitgirl]

Mike from PA does agi-prop?? ?? Lmfao 😂 yeah ok

[@aaaaaaaaaa7699]

I wish Destiny could relive his childhood were I came from. I think we should all have to live in the each other’s shoes the world would be a much better place I guarantee. The type of poverty and violence in Parts of the US isn’t even rivaled but war zones.

[@728-x4h]

Meow

[@verbatim7508]

Not to side with Mike from PA or anything, but the "guy in the well" comic is one of the greatest memes of all time. No one can refute it and it always makes capitalists seethe. It's so fucking great.

[@SomersBugtopia]

"No one can refute it" LMAO

[@verbatim7508]

@@SomersBugtopia Case in point.

[@SomersBugtopia]

Considering that it's used as a "Socialism is when no house" defense for socialists hoarding their money and never doing anything other than being cut throat capitalists I'd say it's pretty easy to refute. You can participate in a system and be the change. Look at Hasan. He "wants to improve society somewhat" and yet never does anything despite having the power to do so.

[@SomersBugtopia]

That meme is brain dead I'm sorry, some people don't just participate they thrive by being the thing they say they oppose. By the logic of that meme Jeff Bezos could be a socialist who's just participating in the system.

[@verbatim7508]

@@SomersBugtopia I agree that Hasan's leftism is inefficacious at best and fake/performative at worst, but that's a problem with Hasan, not a problem with the fundamental argument that it's stupid as fuck to criticize leftists who _aren't_ rich for """"participating"""" in a capitalist society, as if they have a real choice in the matter. I agree that it's cringe when rich leftists fail to donate a portion of their wealth to the causes they claim to believe in, but not every leftist who posts memes like that is Hasan, quite obviously.

[@StaggersonJagz]

Does this channel only upload Destiny's most smooth brained takes? Like how ya gonna make me take redacted from redacted's side?

[@smokeychickenwings1038]

wait why? You think champagne-socialists are not grifters?

[@StaggersonJagz]

@@smokeychickenwings1038 did I say that? Cause I don't remember saying that, and it isn't in my (unedited) comment, so why are you being dishonest?

[@TunaIRL]

@@StaggersonJagz How is he being dishonest? He asked a question. Why are you being cringe?

[@smokeychickenwings1038]

@@StaggersonJagz You disagree with destiny's take. I summed up his take (if a little reductively) and asked, if you thought otherwise. How is that dishonest again?

[@StaggersonJagz]

@@smokeychickenwings1038 You can't be serious. I mean, if you are, you're just still being dishonest.