StyxHexenhammer666 / Tarl Warwick - Oddball Occultist Neckbeard (who can make some intresting content)

[BananaGator]

Anyone gonna acknowledge that Styx has zero clue what neoliberalism actually is (namely him to a T)?

He seems to think it just means "center-left person who likes blowing shit up."

 

[AnOminous]

Anyone gonna acknowledge that Styx has zero clue what neoliberalism actually is (namely him to a T)?

He seems to think it just means "center-left person who likes blowing shit up."

It's sort of annoying the term is as completely misused as it is when the "liberalism" in neo-liberalism is laissez-faire capitalism, not some left wing thing. It's about free market capitalism, not politics. The primary names associated with neoliberalism are Austrian school economists like Hayek and politicians like Augusto Pinochet, not a left winger.

 

[Rekkington]

It's sort of annoying the term is as completely misused as it is when the "liberalism" in neo-liberalism is laissez-faire capitalism, not some left wing thing. It's about free market capitalism, not politics. The primary names associated with neoliberalism are Austrian school economists like Hayek and politicians like Augusto Pinochet, not a left winger.

Yeah whenever I've seen neoliberal used, it's always a cocktail of Enlightenment-Era individuality with a love of global capitalism, the cultural/religious stuff always seems across the board so they're always running up against nationalist stuff. That appears to be the contradiction of Styx, and if on that specific test you're high on Patriotism and high on Liberty you might as well make your single-issue vote be for getting a fucking time machine. You're just Ron Swanson with a bunch of Slipknot-tier mysticism slapped over top.

 

[tehpope]

"So if you get an outgrowth of fanaticism over the next few years because we enter a depression; if you get a world war; if you get a nuclear conflict; blame the goddamn democratic party because they're using coronavirus for political gain. This is their fault."

 

[BananaGator]

Ignoring that he’s repeatedly said the Vice-President isn’t an elected position (it is) and his autistically sticking to his guns with Gillibrand (she’s not strong at all dude, total opposite) who from Maine is he talking about that he thinks is being vetted?

Olympia Snowe? That’d be a ballsy pick. It’s not happening and she isn’t even being vetted but if Biden wanted to spice up the race that could be a way of doing it.

 

[RedStorm]

and, worst of all, to this day, refuses to admit that Kirsten Gillibrand was a shit candidate who came off as even more inauthentic, desperate, and pandering than Kamala, Pete, or even Hillary ever did. He admitted he overestimated Julian Castro, but with Gillibrand, literally her entire campaign was nothing but cringe, panders (especially to IDPol), and gimmicks. If you only listened to Styx, though, you'd think she was a juggernaut who would've beaten Trump if only she'd gotten more media attention. Apparently he doesn't know that she's never been some god-tier candidate; her only really earned victory was a House race 14 years ago. After she got appointed to the Senate (which only happened because Caroline Kennedy flamed out hilariously) she's just coasted because New Yorkers would vote for a dead goose if it had a (D) after its name.

You're exactly right about this; the one thing I'd slightly disagree with is that he "refuses to admit" it because I don't think he's ever been questioned on this to begin with. He does still say it repeatedly in vids long after she dropped out though. If I ever got the chance to interview him I'd ask him about it and mention everything you just said, which is what I thought of on my own too (Gillibrand is my Senator, and when she joined the Presidential race I knew she'd easily flame out because she reeked of 'generic backbencher politician.' I was surprised when Styx said she was one of the few who could potentially beat Trump.

On the other hand I do think he's right on the money about most of what he says about electoral politics (e.g. Biden's weaknesses, Bernie's weaknesses)

On the subject of the VP candidate from Maine: I believe Styx is referring to Susan Rice, who currently lives in Maine but won't bring anywhere close to a home state advantage for that state.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Rice#Early_life,_education,_and_early_career

She was born in and grew up in Washington D.C.. She never ran in any election. All her political offices were via appointment.

Styx speaks off the cuff and seems to be lazier in his political analysis these days (for instance, he mixed up Kamala's and Tulsi's birthdays).

 

[Super-Chevy454]

On the subject of the VP candidate from Maine: I believe Styx is referring to Susan Rice, who currently lives in Maine but won't bring anywhere close to a home state advantage for that state.

I haven't thought about Susan Rice, I thought first of the current governor of Maine, Janet Mills. Thanks for the tip.

 

[BananaGator]

On the subject of the VP candidate from Maine: I believe Styx is referring to Susan Rice, who currently lives in Maine but won't bring anywhere close to a home state advantage for that state.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Rice#Early_life,_education,_and_early_career

She was born in and grew up in Washington D.C.. She never ran in any election. All her political offices were via appointment.

Styx speaks off the cuff and seems to be lazier in his political analysis these days (for instance, he mixed up Kamala's and Tulsi's birthdays).

I've been saying that for a while. In 2016 he gave himself a primer on who Tim Kaine was before he talked about him just for one example, but this year you can tell, for another example, that he didn't actually watch the Rushmore speech before talking about it.

He'll also make up some platitude about a candidate and just stick to it and nothing else when talking about them, whereas in 2016 he'd actually watch the debates and all of that and talk about it from different angles. So Hillary was "inauthentic, and a lot of her points don't make sense when you boil them down and think about her history, and she obviously didn't like being challenged by so and so," but now it's just "Tulsi hates guns" or "Buttigieg or Gillibrand would have been their best bet" with no evidence to back the statements up.

Occasionally he'll dive deeper, like when he figured Buttigieg had problems with black voters and would therefore do badly in South Carolina, but that's definitely the exception and not the rule. The only things he talks about in actual detail and with more than a few minutes of thought put into them now are topics that have already interested him for a long time, like disease and sociology-type things. Those are the only times now when you can call him even a little authoritative. But even with something like disease, he tends to really easily get overexcited and sensationalistic unless/until he's proven wrong. Remember when Ebola was probably going to wipe out half of humanity, in his own words?

 

[RedStorm]

@BananaGator My memory may be faulty but I also recall that in 2016 you'd see videos as long as 20 min and more (even on non special days like election day)

while these days he's sometimes releasing vids less than 4 min long

 

[ditto]

Styx speaks off the cuff and seems to be lazier in his political analysis these days (for instance, he mixed up Kamala's and Tulsi's birthdays).

Watching his video on the Patreon lawsuit made me wonder if he'd read anything more than a couple of tweets about it.

 

[Based_Papa_John]

Watching his video on the Patreon lawsuit made me wonder if he'd read anything more than a couple of tweets about it.

That's what happens when you just pump out video after video every day. I'd say he's getting lazier.

Going back to Kirsten Gillibrand, it was obvious when Trump tweeted about her that he was being sarcastic. Gillibrand is such a milquetoast, centre-left politician who was clearly going nowhere. That, and the one time when he said (I can't find the video) where he said that he almost didn't vote for Trump because Pence looked too much like the Dyslexic Man makes me wonder how much of an actual grasp does he have on politics.

P.S. He also called the UK Liberal Democrats further to the Left than Labour, which was definitely not the case.

 

[RedStorm]

He's suffering from the same problem pretty much every poor-->well-off person does. Their newfound wealth makes them rest on their laurels. Sure, Styx isn't necessarily 'rich' but going from working class to an upper middle class income means he doesn't have to work as hard. I don't recall how many subs he had in 2016 but I presume it was only in the low tens of thousands (20,000?) and now it's almost 450,000.

It's also partly a product of the fact that he forces himself to have a 3-4 videos per day quota, but not many additional standards on top of that, which leads to him phoning it in.

Not the worst thing a Kiwifarms subject has done though, tbh. I also doubt he'll have a Sargon UKIP moment any time soon. And I still think he's mostly right in his 2020 election analysis. Where I disagree with him on in regards to that is: debates being as huge a factor (expectations may be so low for Biden that a D performance becomes viewed as a B performance), Gillibrand and Castro being strong.

Where I agree is: economy will likely improve faster than the Dems would want, Trump's approval will continue to improve, coronavirus cases and deaths will continue to go down, far left extremism will help Trump, Biden is demented and a weak candidate, Buttigieg was possibly their best candidate (sure, weak with minorities BUT if he was the nominee the D next to his name would still have gotten many religious blacks to vote for him, and he's stronger with white independents than Biden is - just take a look at the Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire primaries)

The last thing I'll say is that Styx is another case study for a very important phenomenon that many aren't aware of -- once you get autistically knowledgeable enough in a niche topic (e.g. American elections) you'll realize how people you once regarded as extremely knowledgeable experts are flawed dilettantes when they talk about the topics you know about the most, and are therefore likely to be flawed dilettantes on other topics they talk about if they aren't autism tier experts on those things.

 

[AnOminous]

Where I disagree with him on in regards to that is: debates being as huge a factor (expectations may be so low for Biden that a D performance becomes viewed as a B performance), Gillibrand and Castro being strong.

Debates are meaningless. You'll never see another Lincoln/Douglas level debate again. Partisans will always think their guy won. Unless someone literally has a seizure or kills himself on stage it won't make any difference.

 

[RedStorm]

Debates are meaningless. You'll never see another Lincoln/Douglas level debate again. Partisans will always think their guy won. Unless someone literally has a seizure or kills himself on stage it won't make any difference.

In the case of Biden it is arguable that a bad moment or a series of bad moments will make the many independent voters who have a skewed favorable perception of him (because they haven't taken a close look at him, as he's hiding in his basement, and for much of 2019 was in a crowded primary), and change their minds to the point where they'll vote for Trump or vote third party or stay home.

 

[Doctor Placebo]

I've been saying that for a while. In 2016 he gave himself a primer on who Tim Kaine was before he talked about him just for one example, but this year you can tell, for another example, that he didn't actually watch the Rushmore speech before talking about it.

He'll also make up some platitude about a candidate and just stick to it and nothing else when talking about them, whereas in 2016 he'd actually watch the debates and all of that and talk about it from different angles. So Hillary was "inauthentic, and a lot of her points don't make sense when you boil them down and think about her history, and she obviously didn't like being challenged by so and so," but now it's just "Tulsi hates guns" or "Buttigieg or Gillibrand would have been their best bet" with no evidence to back the statements up.

Occasionally he'll dive deeper, like when he figured Buttigieg had problems with black voters and would therefore do badly in South Carolina, but that's definitely the exception and not the rule. The only things he talks about in actual detail and with more than a few minutes of thought put into them now are topics that have already interested him for a long time, like disease and sociology-type things. Those are the only times now when you can call him even a little authoritative. But even with something like disease, he tends to really easily get overexcited and sensationalistic unless/until he's proven wrong. Remember when Ebola was probably going to wipe out half of humanity, in his own words?

He better be careful. If he keeps filling in the gaps in his knowledge with bullshit pulled from his ass, he'll turn into right wing Vaush.

 

[Super-Chevy454]

I don't know if I should have posted here or in one of the various coronavirus threads, Styx bitchuted about corona-chan spiking in Japan despite their mask-loving.

Styxhexenhammer666

Mask-Loving Japan Suffers Enormous Coronavirus Case Spike (Bitchute Exclusive)

www.bitchute.com

 

[Doctor Placebo]

I don't know if I should have posted here or in one of the various coronavirus threads, Styx bitchuted about corona-chan spiking in Japan despite their mask-loving.

Styxhexenhammer666

Mask-Loving Japan Suffers Enormous Coronavirus Case Spike (Bitchute Exclusive)

www.bitchute.com

Asians in general tend to be mask loving. Probably because a lot of their countries have had major air pollution problems. But yeah, another reminder that masks' Corona protection powers are overhyped as fuck.

 

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Hm. Something might be up. Styx just purged his social media going back to May 1st.

https://twitter.com/Styx666Official/status/1292209089645367296

https://archive.vn/1FicU

Looks like he posted something and then nuked the shit out of his account.

https://twitter.com/Styx666Official/status/1292191754406580224

Styxhexenhammer666 on Twitter: "Nope! I used tweetdelete… "

archived 8 Aug 2020 21:34:13 UTC

archive.vn

 

[Effluvium]

I'm a real libertarian, guys.

 

[Effluvium]