Post #1372734

2026-04-01 10:20 UTC

Considering how much American politics seeps through online spaces you'd have to be living under a political rock to not know who Hasan Piker is. He's one of the biggest leftist, like actually leftist not "neoliberal leftist", political commentator online. As for what the meme is referencing, [it's this](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/28/hasan-piker-democrats-midterms-2028-00849453).

Replies (4)

@glimse@lemmy.world 2026-04-01 10:34

Who is the guy in the picture and why did his tiktok get screen capped though?

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@Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 2026-04-02 02:58

I think I've heard the name a few times, but never bothered to watch or look up much about him. Only political "influencers" or whatever I watch are Big Joel and (I guess technically) Stephanie Sterling.

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@Rugnjr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-04 18:55

I'm in a leftist group that regularly discusses politics. I know one guy who follows him, and regularly talks like this (he's the biggest happening thing, a huge voice on the left etc) Noone else thinks about or talks about him. I'm not here to trash on the guy, hes probably fine. It's more a point about the usefulness of twitch as a political project. It's a deeply insular place. Much like it's annoying when people act as though niche twitter stuff is world news.

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@Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2026-04-01 17:24

I rarely even hear his name

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