He was the best at some point without a doubt, but now? You guys lost the election to Joe Rogan and friends and are still refusing to look into why.
And about the Houthis, you can gaslight all you want, but Hasan isn’t a journalist and it’s obvious when he tries to act like one. If I want real journalism, I’ll stick to the few places where it still exists, not some streamer sitting on his ass commenting on everything under the sun.
There are tons of reasons (like only having two parties, gerrymandering, election interference, etc.) but just focusing on online discourse, in my humble opinion, it comes down to two things:
Messaging: The Democrats suck so much at this that it’s cliché to use this as a criticism. Bernie should be the perfect role model for this, he has been relentless in his message about what all of this really is: class war. But both parties are corrupted to the core with corporate influence, and they can never allow the discourse to go there. Democrats just let Republicans set the tone as they like, and the entire Democratic base falls for it. Leftism has always been associated with fighting the power and representing everyday working people, but you guys let them turn this around and make themselves the “cool kids.” Which brings me to my next point.
Purity Tests: The American left has spent the last 15 years antagonizing and doing purity tests on anyone who doesn’t fit the mold, even if they are 99% aligned on everything else. Again, the Republicans understood the assignment and embraced everybody they could by just saying what people wanted to hear. They knew that the hard part is getting people in first, and the rest is easy. But the Left have pretty much made it impossible to like it, especially with their inability to be critical of their own issues and the tendency toward grandstanding. It may come as a surprise, but 90% of people hate genocides and all the other problems plaguing the world, we just don’t agree on how to address them. However, if you only listen to the discourse coming from the American left, it seems like they believe they are the only ones who are rightful.
Leftism in Europe works because we are able to compromise and work with different people in the name of progress. You guys will never be able to mount a true opposition because you need everybody, including people you disagree with. And you guys have shown that you would rather shoot yourselves in the foot than do this.