got all excited about how the Internet would democratize media. And then it did. And it’s kinda shit.
Uhhhh…
It didn’t tho, at least not talking about nepo baby twitch streamers who were handed a platform on their uncles network named after the perpatraters of the Armenian genocide…
It’s not like America picked this guy out nowhere, he had a literal media company behind him and generational wealth.
It’s like how Taylor Swift didn’t get famous because of talent, her parents were loaded and had connections in the industry. She didn’t need a record deal, her parent just bankrolled an album.
That’s a huge barrier to entry removed, so judging nepo babies like average people never makes sense. It’s already at the point today where you have to be wealthy to take off in entertainment.
The irony is Piker’s schtick is hes supposed to be a “man of the people” when all he cares about his own views and bank account.
Uhhhh…
It didn’t tho, at least not talking about nepo baby twitch streamers who were handed a platform on their uncles network named after the perpatraters of the Armenian genocide…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Turks#Armenian_genocide
It’s not like America picked this guy out nowhere, he had a literal media company behind him and generational wealth.
It’s like how Taylor Swift didn’t get famous because of talent, her parents were loaded and had connections in the industry. She didn’t need a record deal, her parent just bankrolled an album.
That’s a huge barrier to entry removed, so judging nepo babies like average people never makes sense. It’s already at the point today where you have to be wealthy to take off in entertainment.
The irony is Piker’s schtick is hes supposed to be a “man of the people” when all he cares about his own views and bank account.