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Right-wing propaganda on YouTube takes many forms, though the one constant in a sea of variables is a disingenuous interest in freedom of speech as long as it hinges on impeding the voice of dissenters. This has been pretty much an on-going discussion amongst conservatives on the platform-do they use the implicit ways YouTube perpetuates that kind of behavior to advance their brand and risk sounding hypocritical, or do they just bank on the audience’s ambivalence to pursue their bottom-line without having to worry about much else?
YouTube is a fickle to deal with-it doesn’t just provide a voice for the oppressed who once had to get approval from the TV industry to voice their opinions and concerns, but it also put on a pedestal those who would’ve not made it past a screen test, let alone have the intellectual caliber to run their mouths on the most theory-involved political questions of our day and how they intertwine with society and order, both in affect and application. This has as a result permitted the rise of a bit of an insurgency within the ranks of political YouTube, one that doesn’t have any traditional partisan affiliations, but one that simultaneously clearly caters to one…