This was posted over on the
Quinton Reviews thread.
The video itself is a bit long, but actually a pretty good analysis of someone trend hopping and finally crashing and burning into Breadtube. There are plenty of small jabs at, and observations about Breadtube, but I would like to point out a couple quotes that I believe encapsulate the discussion we've been having the last couple of days about breadtubers, trends, and the actual motives behind it all in a pretty eloquent manner, I would like to hilghight two points he makes in particular. The first comes at the 1:19:20 mark and the other at 1:27:45.
1. "In the middle of Quinton's identity crisis, he may have latched onto Breadtube as the antithesis of Doug Walker. The fact of the matter is that Breadtube certainly has a lot in common with Channel Awesome. They've progressed in almost the exact same way, with their videos becoming longer and more theatrical with increased emphasis being put on skits. PhilosophyTube is literally including multiple full length musical numbers in half hour videos. Does that remind you of anyone? This is where things come full circle."
2. "When he steps up to talking about mainstream films, he struggles and resorts to talking about social and political messages to make his interpretations seem meaningful in lieu of a genuine understanding of film. His ability to discuss political issues is just as bad because Quinton is uninformed and narcissistic. He believes himself to be fighting for something and is incapable of having a rational political discussion. That wouldn't necessarily preclude him from talking about politics on youtube, as most of the big Breadtubers are uninformed emotionally unstable narcissists who bullshit their way through 40 minute long videos. But, unlike Quinton, they are willing to put a little effort into the production value into their videos. They don't stare into a camera do one take and edit it together with jumpcuts. Breadtubers throw on the "bisexual lighting" and chuck in jive for the audience that is only there because they have a parasocial relationship with the presenter."
I think he's right on the money, not only about Quinton but most Breadtubers as a whole (especially ones who rely on media) like I said Its 90 minutes long and a bit droning at points, but I'd definitely recommend it if you are interested in Breadtube and have the spare time and patience.
While I'm aware that the "Bread" in "Breadtube" refers to the anarcho-communist book Conquest of the Bread, it has become a catch-all term for content left of center.
I was thinking along these same lines. Breadtube as a whole seems a lot more preoccupied with and interested in gender and identity politics than economics (probably because that stuff is boring and uninteresting compared to constant grandstanding and theatrics over muh feels.) capitalism is usually brought up as a scapegoat for whatever issue they've taken up with society on that particular day. I personally, have always found the reference to the Kropotkin book humorous. Mainly because I'd put money on barely any of them actually reading it, just dittoing the name because Reddit and other YouTubers were doing it. The irony of someone dropping money on physical copies of communist literature (that is available online for free) to use as set dressing to essentially "look the part" and appear well read on the topics gets me every time.
On a final note, what the hell happened to this thread in the last 48 hours? Where did all this white knighting come from? Why are we defending Vaush and Shaun now, and fighting all of the sudden? I don't like Sargon either, but I think there is probably a more
appropriate thread for sperging about him.
