Listener Thanks TMR For Pulling Him Out Of YouTube’s Right-Wing Algorithm
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Jason from Minnesota, a listener of TMR, calls in to explain how the show helped him dodge Right-wing media. Sam Seder talks about the show's format, and the Majority Report crew joins in on their appreciation of its focus on policy and history. The MR crew also talks about Dark Brandon and whether Joe Biden or his staff are alluding to it in the recent staging of Biden's speech. The MR crew also talks about the road to fascism.
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I just want to say you guys saved me from going down a pretty dark path on UA-cam, I don't know how UA-cam does it. Just like throws right-wing stuff at you, all the time like it just wants to radicalize you, and I don't know how I think, I just one time an algorithm saw your along with all the other stuff that was trying to get me to watch and you guys came up one time and it was so refreshing, especially right after January 6th. I was so just disillusioned and just mad and like I felt like when I found your show it was so refreshing.
I am also proud of your 'proud to be boring' stance.
You listen to people who feel unheard and literally save them from falling off the edge of sanity.
Pffft
@@obamas65khotdog54 Hot dog is two words, genius.
@@obamas65khotdog54 Is Putin still losing the war?
@@Shadowman4710 yeah Russia is clearly winning bro.
I'm not sure what you mean.
@@obamas65khotdog54 LOL so begging North Korea for Troops is "winning" LOL :D
Yeah, a few years ago, I was an apolitical person that was recommended a lot of Ben Shapiro and Steven Crowder videos. Probably didn’t identify myself as a conservative back then, but seeing how the right-wing ecosystem has developed today, I’m glad that I got out of it. I still watch these commentators of course, but I just use it to inform myself of what their beliefs are, nothing more. The MJR are doing a very valuable service.
Private capital can do what it wants. That’s all you need to know about their beliefs. Read Milton Friedman and Hayek. That’s the right wing.
And if you want to know thier strategy in recent years, it’s a modernised version of fascist propaganda from a century ago.
my school had a poster where the heritage foundation offered a 10k scholarship in cold hard cash for reading "the fountainhead" and writing an essay about it. i didn't know anything about heritage foundation or ayn rand back then, but i read it and wrote a paper on it for that 10k scholarship. honestly looking back, it's kinda disgusting how the rightwing uses their money to brainwash kids.
@@sandrafrancisco Well, these folks advocate for “patriotic education” in public schools, so the mask is finally off I guess.
@@jgmediting7770 I feel I should criticise your summary for being too simplistic and not being nuanced enough. I FEEL that way, but, nah, ya nailed it!
A dumbed down Republican party doesn't need a whole lot of thought to pin it down!
yes..they are..and a very important service to counter the Right's dangerous lies and propaganda
I honestly love nothing more than to hear these stories of young men being saved from alt right pipelines. Seriously. I’m so concerned about men in this country but young men especially… and how many of them are being funneled down these weird pipelines. And it makes me kind of hopeful to hear when someone is “saved.” So thank you Sam, Emma and everyone else on board for doing what you do! ✌🏻
My little pony to alt right pipe line is even a thing.
Irony
@@daraghokane4236 the what now?!
@@T-Dog-Mendez where’s the irony?
@@ChardeeMacdennis339 commenting on the majority report and accusing other of being funneled down weird pipelines
I watch exclusively left-leaning content but I still get bombarded with right wing ads for Daily Wire, Fox News, etc. It doesn't matter how many of them I tell youtube to stop showing me, or how many I report for pushing hate-filled and outright fallacious content. They've got a massive pool of resources that lets them overcome the algorithm for ads. That's how it always has been and always will be; the far right has obscene amounts of resources to push their garbage while complaining about being the underdog truth-speakers constantly threatened by the mainstream media (you CAN'T get more "mainstream" than Fox News) and the "liberal/woke/progressive/socialist/communist/ agenda." Even if all you view is leftist content, you can't escape the disgusting anti-humanist garbage enabled by the far right's deep pockets.
So I'm not the only one who's also notice this. ✊🏾
@@GantzGeo I started leaving all-caps additions when I report them that basically express my pissed-off-ness about the fact that I keep getting them and how they're dangerous hatemongers pushing disinformation, while I've got several pages of *OTHER* ad categories that are suspiciously not being represented...and now I am starting to get those other ad categories more often. Very obvious that it was all about youtube getting a huge influx of far right ad bribes...I mean, revenue.
I recently learned to "watch" those tiresome ads. From my understanding, the right wing ads are targeted towards people that watch center and left wing content; However, the adsense revenue goes to the channel you're watching if you watch the ad all the way through. Ben shapiro is paying sam seder for you to watch daily wire ads.
@@TheJzako Sneaky.
@@TheJzako yep
I would like to second this caller’s statements. I’m a Minnesotan as well, and MR ended up popping up in my feed as an opposition opinion to my UA-cam algorithm’s constant recommendations of Jordan B Peterson. I’m still coming to grips with just how engrained my cognitive dissonance and bias was. I feel like my life and my mental health have improved dramatically.
So, I also would like to thank you all at the Majority Report🥳
oh my. Fellow Minnesotan, but never went down that road. I always agreed with the 2 factions in Humphrey and the wellstone types... And both are still missed today. (not registered, but you probably know that coming from this state)
Good for you homie. Wolves back. We back!!
Thanks for sharing your story. UA-cam and social media knows how to manipulate people.
Big up yourself, you did the hard bit
this is one of those discussions that really made me miss Michael Brooks. He would've been dropping knowledge and analysis bombs left and right, and would've injected some of his Dave Rubin comedy gold when the caller mentioned him
Biggest loss of the last decade, and I'm a PSYCHOTIC Prince fan... and I get that Prince might not be in the top 10 for most people since 2012 or whatever, but I think maybe that speaks to how Michael was so lowkey transcendent. I remember when shit seemed less dire and MR was like a comedy show or whatever, and Michael was fucking funny. Now everyone has been hit in the face and nothing can be existentially funny anymore because now we have all been reckoned with stakes. Obviously I'm not optimistic. I'd be putting away some gold and iron, philosophically speaking or whatever.
Michael would be killing it.
RIP
Hear, hear 👏🏼
True.
Miss that guy. And that laugh
At 56, I’m a viewer from the unpopulated age group and I’m born in the same year as Sam. I don’t get why more people my age don’t watch this type of thing. It’s imperative to stay informed AND to have good values.
I just want to know who the diplorable republican voters are so I can avoid them in my personal life. It's pretty easy to find out who they are. Ask them about one of their trigger words like lgbtq, crt, or socialism. The nazi in them will bubble to the surface.
lol i thought our age group only watches this kind of thing lol
Elder-GenXers represent!!!
"Triumph of the will", 1934. was shot in colour ,remember, "gone with the wind",1939 , was a wartime release? "Shot in Technicolour".
@@jamesregiste960borg
I was also on the alt-right pipeline before finding TMR. I don’t even remember how I found them, I just remember loving Sam’s straight forward and kind of “boring lecture” style.
Yeah, but Sam makes me lol at the driest parched humor he has. His J P impression is the best
I got sucked in for like 6 months. .It was brutal. I think it started by accidently landing on a POS channel called "The Quartering" I thought it was mostly like edgy reviews and stuff about games and nerd stuff. Then it like went real bad. Then Tim Pool suggestions came up and then you know how it goes from there. Took a moment to wake up and realize how angry they make you feel towards women (for no reason, just brainwashing) or people trying to do right by others. Its gross and it really tries to latch on to you.
Sam is exactly what good pundit should be. He’s dry because politics should be most of the time, not because he’s a boring person without a sense of humor
@@willscanlon9843 That's what I like about him. He doesn't care about style his goal to get the information out there.
Uruk job Robb gf f
Right in 2015 at the end of the prez campaign I got on a bit MR and Dore bent on the algorithm. I was never in danger of falling for the wrong side, but being properly informed is invaluable. Thanks Sam and crew RIP Michael
I sought out left youtube channels during the HRC-Trump era and found TYT and MR and haven't looked back since.
@@sytonicflux $I also started with MR and Dore, also took me 6 months before I dropped him and went for MR and some TYT.
Now apart from arun brown Im sold on MR and in depth interview.
RM Brown is mostly for comic relief, Repugnicans can be so depressing.
I just can't get enough of these "TMR saved me" stories. I found your channel the same way. My poison was JP but the algorithm threw in a video of Michael Brooks mocking him, and I was cured!
Wow this was similar to me too lol 💖
Louise..i am happy for you you got away from that unhinged Right Wing puppet master Jordan Peterson..he is turning into a screaming banshee sick joke..but he is still the main guru to the lost and stupid
Michael Brooks was a brilliant man
Exactly the same for me 💜
Same. I miss Michael Brooks so much. RIP
It's hilarious. In the Trump video when HE calls some of us fascists, he ALSO has a backdrop of servicemen. Wonder where all the Republicans were during that period. 🤔🤡
The right wing insane-o-phere firmly believe that hypocrisy is a virtue and the more blatant and obvious the better. 😒
@@simo3873 right!!
HRC made a huge mistake when she apologized for her “Deplorables” comment instead of explaining it and doubling down on it.
When he said that the algorithm pushes right wing content, he’s 100% not kidding. About a month ago I was looking for a *bread recipe* and the 6th video was from The Daily Wire, about Ben Shapiro’s take on Uvalde (no one asked for that & in that moment I certainly didn’t).
UA-cam has such a strong incentive to make sure right wing videos like that to get clicks. They will push it on anyone!
This is wild to me. Do you think it’s geared more towards men? I just haven’t noticed this in my algorithm. Granted I’ve been watching progressive content for my whole time on UA-cam…. But still. I just wonder how many things are taken into consideration with the algorithm when feeding one content. It definitely seems like this stuff is pushed more on males….
@@ChardeeMacdennis339 I may have been more susceptible because of the progressive content I watch that often critiques him, but honestly, a quite large percentage of Ben’s clicks come from rage clicks. My male cousins might click on his videos because they believe in that stuff, but everyone in my household might click on those videos to hate watch & rage comment (which is why I make sure to *never* click on videos from any those channels. The only way I find out about anything Shapiro says is through channels like TMR)
His sister has a UA-cam channel here and while she’s not as popular, she is very good at leaning into ragebait content.
UA-cam and facebook both do it.
Same thing happened to me. Especially when I was in a really bad place mentally. I particularly remember getting recommended Stephen myleniux or however say you his name. Never heard of him before that
I remember watching cring compilations about 5 years ago. I remember that feeling of, "I'm better than them. I'm cool cause I have thick skin and I'm not afraid to be edgy or rock the boat. I'm not sensitive like them. Eww can you believe how cringy they are?". I didn't fall very far down that rabbit hole but I can definitely see how addicting those feelings and thoughts of self-aggrandizing could be - especially to young men who feel inadequate, unimportant, unnoticed, or forgotten. Then, the slide into gamer gate would be very easy, followed by the rest of the hate watching bigotry that UA-cam has to offer, finally ending in strait up reactionary and nationalistic content.
Sam saved me back in high school.
He’s the man.
So glad!!
I feel sorry for those that found the show in the past 2 years. They didn't get to experience Michael Brooks live. 😔 God he was so smart and sharp. The back and forth dynamic between him, Sam, Jamie, and the rest of the crew.
Michael Brooks was brilliant
Honestly you did the same for me. The right is very good at making you scared of things you shouldn't be scared of .
Congrats for getting out.
What are these things the right wing make you scared of that you shouldn't be?
They’re equally good at making things which should be terrifying seem blasé - like coups for example.
@@evolvedape3341 protests aren't coups. If it was a coup attempt, people would have had guns and the capitol police wouldn't have been the only side murdering people
@@T-Dog-Mendez Trans people for one
I like Dark Brandon. Its working, and especially among younger folks who we need to motivate to vote in the midterms.
huge props to this kid for being able to challenge himself and his beliefs, it’s genuinely refreshing to hear when former conservatives have an “aha” moment like this and to know that some of these people are not beyond reach
I almost went down that right-wing rabbit hole, though surprisingly, UA-cam was barely involved in that, though it did serve well in pulling me out.
Before, I was...well, I consider it to be center-right, in that I espoused quite a few of the conservative talking points, but I hated "pro-lifers" and wanted universal healthcare (the latter, I was completely open to the form it could take). As far as UA-cam went, about all I saw was PragerU, and I was falling for the same bait and traps that most do at first, the whole, "Okay, this sounds sensible" and all of that (no Shapiro, Walsh, or Peterson, though - even then, I could tell that they were full of sh^t). The worst aspects of me then was that I had dipped my toes, if not my whole feet, into Christian Nationalism - I was never as loud or obnoxious or generally hateful as they blatantly are today, but I was at the starting line for that.
What started pulling me away from that was, ironically or not, my work experience. I had bought into that bootstraps BS, and doing work that I loved at a place and for bosses that I _HATED_ put the first cracks in that. Five years at that place, three of which were just filled with ever-growing levels of abuse, would play the biggest role in breaking those conservative and especially Christian Nationalist leanings I had. Watching videos that showed how my position was only a dime a dozen enhanced that breakage. If my work experience was a water cutter, then the left YT videos were the sand that was added to the water to speed up the cutting.
After that experience, I was left jobless and adrift for a while, until I ended up with Amazon (desperate times, okay). My two years there ground what remained of my previous five years into complete annihilation, and it was during this time that I started delving into leftist UA-cam, or at the very least I had double-checked those PragerU videos I saw and realized how much they were BSing me.
I do not remember which channels I started with when going more left. I only know that by the end of my two years at Amazon, I had committed to more-or-less all of the biggest left channels then: TYT, Ring of Fire, Secular Talk, Jimmy Dore (back when he at least SOUNDED like a leftist - I noped the f^^^ out when he started going anti-vax), and TMR (though I do remember TMR being the last one I got into then). It has expanded further since with A Blue Dot in Texas, Beau of the Fifth Column, More Perfect Union, and the like. Lately, it has been TMR and Beau that have been serving me well, especially whenever my MAGA relatives tried to give one of their talking points (and no offense to you, TMR, but I got and still get more mileage out of them with Beau - I guess his image helps).
Regardless, as much as I am ashamed to have almost been set up to become a MAGAtard, I am grateful that it was nipped in the bud, and TMR certainly played a role in that.
You know I hate Pro-lifers too, But I'd rather got 0 abortion than to allow America to continue to have 8% of it's abortions in the 24-40 week period. There is no justification for that. As Pro-chocie as I am a 6 month window is fine for anyone to make a choice, after that... thats a baby. And I agree with the pro-lifers on that. It's just were is your line.
So you figured out that fascism is not a good idea. Great!
@@petert1692 It's the left that is fascist you see it in the way the FBI acts towards political enemies of the dems.
Glad you made it out
I like Beau and A More Perfect Union, but I haven’t heard of A Blue Dot in Texas.
The right and the left, at the moment. Are both dealing with the same problem among those of us who came up after Reagan, the economy and legal system works way better for the rich, and leaves the rest of us with less and less stability and actual investment in the capitalist system. The big difference between the right and the left is what each wants to do with these hard times the majority of us are facing. The right tries to trick people into thinking that the economy sucks because of some moral failing on our part, and then they scapegoat the poor, immigrants, and other marginalized groups. The left actually looks at what policy solutions will actually work, and how to actually use the levers of government to benefit the majority of us. The right is all about misdirected feelings of anger and hate. While there are some on the left who also have anger and hate, the left is also driven to actually do something about the systems that harm us.
Closest I ever came to the right was when I flirted with Libertarianism in my early 20’s, but I quickly realized how ridiculous it was. I think I was afraid to strongly pick a side, and said I was moderate, but really I’m on the Left. Nothing in the middle or right resonates with my values
Closest I got was the New Atheist movement, right before it really doubled down on bigotry and took the "Actually western christianity is fine, islam is the bad one" stance. My feeling at the time was "Phew.. Got out in the nick of time!"
I would never have gotten sucked into that movement after it went full on racist though. Never really got drawn to the right much, but I can easily see how I would have if I was a bit different, maybe if I was more bitter and hateful it could have pushed me over. There was a time when I was a huge fan of Sam Harris, luckily I pivoted towards reason and left that goofball behind.
Yeah, similar story. Found I have tendencies to lean conservative/libertarian on issues that are new to me. But over time realized that a bit more time/effort often lead to better understandings and ultimately holding more constructive(left/left-leaning) positions.
I used to be a free speech absolutist and in favor of more extreme applications of law enforcement, even the death penalty. Till I released those just don't achieve the intended outcomes. There are better ways to do things and I was the one being left behind.
@@vgaportauthority9932 I think your comment on Sam Harris kind of shows where the problems start. You shouldn't idolize or dismiss someone so easily. Sam Harris has a lot of good things to say, most people can learn a lot from him, he also isn't perfect and shouldn't be considered as an authority.
I'm not saying that you do it but far too many people are prone to think that they have to agree with everything or nothing. They plant their flag and are unwilling to move it and stop thinking for themselves.
@@vgaportauthority9932 yeah thats why I only ever really liked a select few of those atheist guys on youtube back in the day, "armoured skeptic" for example. Dude stayed shitting on nutcase christians along with everyone else lmao
@@vgaportauthority9932 I’m an atheist and the idea of any kind of “movement” is a turn off to me anyway. That’s one of the reasons (other than not believing in god lol) that I am not a fan of religion. To me being an atheist just means I don’t believe in god. Nothing more. Nothing less. It’s not who I am or anything. It’s not a dogma… you know? So I am very skeptical of anyone who wants to portray atheism as some sort of movement or “group.” I’m sure atheist groups exist and I don’t care if people want to join but leave me out 😂 I want to be a FREE thinker lol. That being said I do like a lot of what Sam Harris has to say but again, I’m not a “follower” of anyone. He has some problematic takes as well. I like to take in good knowledge where I can… some people have a lot more than others 🤷🏻♀️
Shows like TMR saved me as well. It all started with a few leftist buddies and now I’m a full blown progressive.
Yeah definitely good to hear the shout out for 3Arrows, he has done some brilliant work on analysis of dismantling USA and it's fascist convergence with Germany in 1930's. As a expat Brit living in Australia, i watched it go through a re-run of thatcher years i had already been through happening in Australia in real-time, and watching the USA is like watching history repeat all over again to an even darker European time and people in other countries can see it, but the level of denial-ism and the direct effect of USA style anti left rhetoric is piercing through even the sanest of countries at the moment, i see people everyday popping that red pill and echoing the anti left ignorance of the USA, it's frightening.
Emma’s observation about how MR works as someone who has worked at other independent media is really wonderful. The fact that she’s seen how others do it and how MR avoids the issues it creates just makes me love MR more.
The H3 and Sam Collab got me to become a leftist. I used to be a "centrist" very right wing leaning. Sams a real genuine guy and believes where he says. I've never seen him lie to try and prove a point. Thats also for the rest of the crew too 😊
More-or-less same here. I was always a leftist at heart, but I had a difficult time articulating my beliefs from a policy-perspective. The H3 video was what brought me over and I was hooked immediately. So refreshing to have a thoughtful and precise leftist podcast.
I was left leaning to begin with but had not heard of Sam before the H3 Crowder prank (which was GLORIOUS). I also became a regular listener/watcher after that 😄
I am loving to recommend to this lovely caller to also get to Beau of the fifth column on yt. In the comments last night some of us Beau community waved to each other, it made me so happy! Welcome Minnesota to the left tube!
No matter where you were on the algorithm, UA-cam eased you into right wing shit. Went from Bernie stuff to Black Pigeon Speaks and Stefan Molyneaux. Wild man
I was really surprised when I first learned that a lot of ex Bernie people are now alt-right. I guess that’s partly how it happened. But that still makes zero sense to me lol.
@@ChardeeMacdennis339 The Bernie folks felt so screwed, their hatred for the democrats mad em ripe for right wing stuff. I'd say most recovered by this point.
Good discussion. I agree with the caller, I’m a formerly apolitical normie who just wants what I was told as a kid to be realistic in this country, the “American dream”. I listened to George Carlin a lot in the Late 90s/00s, and while I believed him, I thought he was a little bit over the top with how bad it could get. I loved GC and think he’s one of the best thinkers of my lifetime , I now listen to bits I’ve heard many times before and it makes me appreciate how ahead of his time he was.
I’ve been making the same argument about being anti-nihilistic , and it’s finally turned around, it was really ugly a few months ago. Time will tell but giving up is not an option
George Carlin was a genius 👍🏻
@@ChardeeMacdennis339 Jeezum crepes. I see you there, fellow always sunny fan
@@agny369 I love when people recognize it because it’s like if you know, you know 😉😂
I’m one of these as well… as embarrassing as that is
Edit: This is the first and hopefully only time I ever comment an “edit” on a comment, but I said the above prior to scrolling through the comment section. I am VERY far from alone in this. Majority Report has saved so many young men like myself it feels good to know I’m not just the dumb kid in the room.
Yeah don’t be embarrassed! If anything be proud of it…. Also I edit comments constantly 🤦🏻♀️ I’m a bit of a grammar and spelling nerd. But I also have ADHD and am impulsive. I frequently hit the send button and then have to go back and correct things lol.
Good on U! Far from being embarrassed, I would argue that true growth & maturation involves the ability to look inward (& backward) @ who U are now & who U were then & B capable of reassessing the things U believed to B true & unquestionable -- even your most cherished ideals & core beliefs.
As for myself, I grew up in the Bible Belt (Pennsylvania) & was practically spoonfed the Religious Right conservative ideology on a daily basis. Dissent & deviation from "the mainstream" opinions in that region was so unacceptable that whatever doubts or questions I had that could challenge The Way Things Ought to Be were met w/ immediate hostility & condemnation. In my case, it was after moving to California & enrolling in college that I could finally feel safe about exploring what was outside the conservative "bubble" -- & discovering just how much information had previously been withheld from me. One of the things that helped me become resolutely liberal is that conservatives keep claiming to own the moral high ground ... yet consistently fall back on rhetorical tapdancing, intellectual dishonesty & outright censorship whenever their policies, positions & ideology come under scrutiny. Being a conservative would mean expressing support (or giving silent consent) for such ethically bankrupt, morally reprehensible & downright deplorable behavior ... while being a "centrist" would mean implying that one somehow judged conservatives to B no worse than liberals (& liberals to B no better than conservatives) despite the fact that only 1 side of the political spectrum keeps coming down unfailingly against the causes of gender equality, racial justice, workers' rights, scientific integrity & the separation of church & state.
I started seeing through Trump because of Covid after supporting him since prior to the election. Kyle Kullinski, Sam Seder, David Pakman, Michael Brooks, Mike Figueredo. A few others who deserve a mention. I thank you all for giving me a left wing perspective because for years I had that perspective crafted in whatever way the right wing wanted.
Some self-reflection about where you came from, why you do what you do, and where you want to go is good once in awhile. Keep up the good work, MR crew.
One of the greatest thing about MR is that they never say a right wing talking point or pander to the right, while grifters like Hackson and Dimmy Jore claim to be appealing to the right, yet their viewers never leave the right. I wonder why that is 🤔.
Whatever any of these online UA-cam pundits claim, the purist distillation of their message can be found d in the comment sections of their UA-cam videos.
Dore, Brand, Pool and probably many others who have claimed liberalism curiously have comment sections full of rabid hardcore rightwingers.
I don't know of a single channel claiming to be right wing that has a hardcore left wing audience.
Wonder why...
I think the key is they don't offer solutions and just keep the outrage burning. And the solutions are provided by Tucker et al.
A Dore viewer won't think that voting for Democrats will solve anything because Democrats are always the enemy in every story, but Republicans are largely left untouched by him
it's actually REALLY crazy how strongly UA-cam pushes users towards the "alt right pipeline." sometimes i'll watch someone like Sam or David Pakman do a short piece on some insane clip from a Tim Pool show or whatever, and search for and watch some of the source video (on Tim Pool's channel or wherever it may be) just for the amusement factor that watching right-wing brain melt unfold in real time often brings - and *immediately* my UA-cam recommendations fill up with more Tim Pool, Steven Crowder, The Critical Drinker, I mean it just FLOODS my recommendations. Meanwhile, while UA-cam has several years of my consumption patterns to work off of, I rarely get anything left-wing oriented that isn't from someone I'm already subscribed to (and that's only like 6 channels.)
Funny thing is, this'll still happen even if UA-cam thinks you're trans. I uploaded a meme video about transphobia and now every so often I get stuff like voice training videos in my feed... but I'll still periodically get alt-right pipeline videos, too.
No, I don't think it's just a political thing. If I watch a video on a topic I've never watched before or from a creator I've never watched before... again any topic, not just politics... I noticed if I refresh my home page, in recommendations I will get more content about that topic or from that creator. I don't think it's pushing any specific agenda as much as user looked at a new thing, let's give him/her more of that.
@@octavianpopescu4776 I still get alt-right pipeline videos in my feed even when I've been actively avoiding them- removing them from my recommendations, telling UA-cam not to recommend their channels, purging them from my browsing/watching history. The algorithm absolutely loves them.
@@dragonslair951167 I watched like 6 months ago 1 video about restoring some old thing to its original condition... just 1 video. I still get recommendations with different stuff being restored, so I'm not surprised.
To be fair I think many leftists have mentioned that the right grifters are HEAVILY buying ads on their channels. Yes, yt is very easy to be bought. I just don't think/know that it has anything to do with their algorithms.
I found MR through Dr. Richard Wolff videos, specifically his appearances on TMBS. RIP Michael.
You are so damn humble Sam and crew! Thanks for everything!
Micheal Brooks did the same for me. His international class consciousness was everything I needed to see how myopic folks like Jimmy Dore are & how twofaced Glenn Greenwald was..
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I'm also one of those viewers of TMR that stumbled onto it by sifting through the algorithm feed. I don't credit Sam, Emma and the rest with my enlightenment but they absolutely get the credit for broadening my intelligence and sense of humanity. Those two qualities don't exist on the right. 🙏
My journey to watching The Majority Report was by way of The Young Turks, I watch The Young Turks when I want to get pissed off (which is increasingly less and less of the time) but I watch The Majority Report a lot more now, it is more grounded and less sensationalist than The Young Turks, but also Sam, Emma, and the other hosts aren’t too serious to laugh and make jokes and grifters’ expense, which is always a good time.
Huh- same- TYTs anger was a balm at times, but have found it increasingly off- putting. Usually always watch any clips from Humanist Report& will watch some clips from main show, but def find TMR more informative/ meets my needs better
Rational National as well.
I recently moved back to the USA after 20+ years abroad and MR has definitely helped me not get too doomy about the current version of the USA we are living in.
"I recently moved back to the USA after 20+ years abroad... "
You have my sincere sympathies.
As someone in that younger age bracket, very appreciative of the show. I had discovered you through HasanAbi, if that clues you in on my age, and have been pretty consistently listening or watching the show. Not every video, of course, but I always come back to you when I need some solace or understanding of the world around me that isn't purely rage inducing. It also gives me hope that there are people older than myself that care as deeply for the world and wish to see more progress as I do. So, thank you. I really mean it.
I love hasanabi too. Like Sam said you gotta check Three Arrows, all of it, Weimar series is necessary. It's on podcasts also
I fall in Hasans target age as well but can’t watch him for too long. He just seems so arrogant sometimes. The way he responds to even well meaning fans can be quite hostile as well
@@willscanlon9843 I watch his youtube channel instead of the live streams. That way I get the good stuff in small bits.
Hasan has an older age bracket as well. I love that Hasan and Ethan have their podcast now, and I discovered MR from that whole Ethan/ Crowder debacle. Also shout out to The Serfs and RM Brown - if you haven't heard of them yet, highly recommend. The latter takes a little while to get used to haha, but the left needs more support on YT where we can, the right wing grift is upsetting.
@@willscanlon9843 The way he fucked up on Ukraine was just... yikes.
With that said, if he pulls more people to the left he's a net benefit.
Hearing calls like this gives me hope. I used to be a conservative (mostly because of my dad) but the left wing channels on UA-cam really helped me get out of that shit. Now my family keeps me at arms length but oh well..
Yeah, that's the thing. It's so easy to get mad at conservatives for their bafflingly terrible positions, but for many of those people they have to choose between their politics and their family. I came from a fairly openminded family and I was given a lot of freedom to figure things out for myself. I sometimes forget that not everyone grew up that way.
I praise RM brown for bringing me out of the dark.
Didn’t see anything wrong with Ben shapiano and Tim Foolin’ , then RM got my arse with facts
Nice! He's pretty funny.
His raunchy sense of humor and imitations immediately show you what’s wrong with thinking so angrily all the time.
That's on UA-cam!
That's just how it flows 👍
Welcome to the muscular class comrade 💪
Left nut
Always proud to point people in yalls direction when they need info or news sources Appreciate y’all always keeping it realistic and grounded and not chasing the other nonsense
I don't consider myself a left-winger but I recommend people listen to this show
3 ARROWS
Glad they menyioned that channel. Great content!!
Lmaooooo bro I love how Ben is even tinier in the thumbnail than in person.
What do you mean? That's his actual size.
The balance of this video, after the caller was amazing. I love you all, Emma, Sam, Matt, etc. I wish I could make your voice louder.
I've had UA-cam still recommend Steven Crowder and Matt Walsh to me, luckily you can tell it to never show that content again.
To be fair pretending you're interested in that sort of content will teach "the algorithm" that there is an overlap of interest between those channels and TMR, which will increase the odds that crowder/Walsh viewers see this kind of content on their feeds, which could end up really helping out a young man just like this caller
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Fair enough, like I said at least we can tell UA-cam what we don't want to see.
I’ve pressed “do not show again” and the same channel has shown up for me on UA-cam shorts. It’s infuriating.
Thankfully the pipeline didn't have a particularly strong grip on me -- their inability to honestly describe class issues without vaguely blaming elites never sat right, it was never a good enough explanation as to why I and many others born into intergenerational poverty (and being white) were not being 'helped' by these people whatsoever, and they just wanted to point fingers.
This is why they oppose even talking about class issues. And that is why everyone who watches these people needs to question it.
MR has been instrumental in helping me find the tools to go out and further educate myself and become more engaged in my community and politics in general, I will be forever grateful for that
This show got me off a reactionary phase I wasn't even aware I was going through at the time. I'd got caught up, somehow, in JBP's bollox about the C16 bill in Canada, and kinda fell for it, I'm ashamed to say. And I'm a lifelong leftie -- and I was also in my early 50s at the time. So I should have known better. But catching one of your vids on him straightened out how wrongheaded I was. So thanks for that, cos who knows what other shite I'd have been gullible enough to swallow, once you stare into that particular latrine of thought.
As Nietzsche so nearly said, 'if you gaze into the latrine, the latrine also gazes into you.'
Nobody is immune to propaganda. Don't feel bad for falling for it. It's important to have an idea what the other side believes, but it's also important not to immerse yourself in it, especially if you're still finding yourself and your politics.
Hahahaha
Came in for the funny videos (my first was Shapiro and Andrew Neal lol) but definitely got hooked on the format and how direct and no nonsense y’all were quickly. Definitely learn more watching y’all than anyone else producing this type of content. Love to the whole crew
The trick:
Know how to research. Know how to cross-reference sources. Don't trust open source references that can be edited by ANYONE. Don't believe anything you're told until you've verified it to the absolute best of your ability, and that goes for the stuff you believe, as well as the stuff you don't believe.
If you didnt learn critical thinking at high school, go to uni and take a "useless" degree in humanities. You will be taught how to do it.
Seriously though if only more people worked this way
I would add learn how to identify fallacies and intellectual dishonesty, diversity your sources of information, avoid people who repeatedly make bad arguments and promote false narratives and information
You see I believe everything you just said Yet I've moved more to the right because of these views, how is this even a thing for the left. I think those that believe this on the left are just deluding themselves and choosing there own "facts"
good advice, and definitely READ
Believe nothing you hear, and only half of what you see.
Daddy Seder the saviour! 🙏
Don't project that nonsense this way and if it's ironic just don't, k?
@@r.paulcooper5195 maybe just smoke on it?
This was a beautiful segment... big love to the Majority Report crew x
I think I discovered MR almost 4 years ago when that "fake IRS scam caller" video popped up on my recommendations. That video now has more than 3M views. Goes to show that opening up the ven diagram of topics covered - outside of politics - can help game the algorithm and snare in people who otherwise wouldn't have tuned in. (Not that I'm suggesting MR do that. Just that it's interesting to note.)
I remember that, have to revisit thanx!
This is literally how I found him too!
Same!!
The one video I always see of MR on the recommendation page is the one where a black female district attorney gets profiled in her car. Speaks to your point, since that video has a bunch of views.
This is so true! I’ve been thinking this for years… like screw FB, UA-cam is far worse. I’m on the far left of the political spectrum and UA-cam will not stop pushing right-wing content my way. I make a conscious effort not to click in it and it still will not stop.
Ikr? I just hit report and don't recommend. I don't know any other way to fight back. Lmao, they think Shapiro and Crowder Rubin have anything to contribute. I do like Hasanabi reactions though!
Yeah, I'm constantly bombarded with right wing content on UA-cam, too.
Yes UA-cam does throw right wing crap at us. It took me years to finally get them to stop sending me all the Daily Wire shows. I was writing to them every effing day. Although lately I’m getting Dan Bonginos ads. It never ends. I watch TMR, Young Turks, Democracy Now, Cornel West, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finklestein, Pakman, Rational National etc… yet I often need to type names into the search window even though those are the channels I always watch. Just depraved.
Some people you need from the algorithm gods are Beau of the fifth column and Vlad Vexler. Trust me 🤗
Edit: someone else you need, that Sam mentioned is Three Arrows
@@karenjanusch7978 Yes I’ve been subscribed to Beau for years. The others I’ve not heard of so thanks for that.
@@rajo741 OK that's great! Another wave to Beau community. Just a thought...
I’m 65 and love you guys!
Been with this show for years. Before you even hit 500k. Glad to be apart of it
If rightwingers would switch off their crazy conservative media and listen to NPR for just a couple of weeks, a lot of their insanity would dissipate.
yeah then we would only have annoying libs to deal with lmao, preferable but annoying 🤣
There was a study where people gave up Faux News for a few weeks and changed their opinions substantially.
They're not smart enough to understand NPR.
Thanks!
OMG I thought this right wing algorithm thing happened only to me😆 I was afraid to talk to other people about this
I can watch dozens of other video's, the moment I watch one right wing video my whole feed is right wing. And even when I watch a video with critique on JBP, all I get recommended is channels with "wise" JBP advice (while he stares very philosophically in the camera).
The same thing happened to me with my curiosity about claims surrounding 9/11. Until I stumbled on a video of Potholer54 where he showed how those "documentaries" manipulate the viewer.
It's not new and not just right wing. UA-cam's algorithms cater to the viewer's click history and it can and does lead people down rabbit holes. And we're all vulnerable to it until we know better and start learning to think more critically.
@@stylis666 Yeaeaeah, big Potholer54 fan here :)
Potholer54 is great. Specially concerning global warming. ("Climate is everything" Jordan Peterson, greatest philosopher of all times 🙄)
Sam is one the OGs of left media, so he has a lot of clout in terms of being trustworthy. If you listen to an old show he's pretty much the same guy he is today. I don't always agree with him, but I do go to MR first when there's a political story that interests me.
Excellent segment! Thank you for all you do. Keep up the good work.
I'm also on the team of this guy, back in 2016-2017 I was mostly watching anti sjw videos and that led to Peterson, Shapiro and Crowder content, and I found myself making the dumbest statements to the people around me, over the year, I saw them getting dismantled and realised they don't really debate the opposition but more less informed people who can't debate or converse with them, so they would always look good and that's when I discovered Sam and realized how ridiculous all of their points are and I finally feel sane again
Damn... What a brilliant clip! Superb!!!
I get what he was saying by “proud to be boring”, but it’s pretty refreshing to have a small political window that’s not just shoveling shit down your ears and into your brain for profit. Call me bland.
I agree with the overall sentiment I'm seeing in the comments here, MR is an incredibly valuable show and I love how informative it is. I was never in the right wing camp, I was a liberal, but starting to watch MR after my friend recommended it gave me a resource to become much more well informed on history and current events, because I had still always felt liberal media wasn't giving me the whole picture because certain things just still didn't make sense, and that also helped me understand how much right wing and reactionary thought is laundered in liberal ideology too. I'm forever grateful to this show for putting me on a path to greater learning and understanding and ultimately greater empathy, and I'm always so glad when I see other people being helped by it and learning from it too!
I think I discovered the MR like 2009? 2010? I remember it was during the Obama years and I've been a big fan ever since. Sam's a real genuine dude and the show has been amazing for a long time.
Huge MR fan here. You guys gotta upgrade the Wi-Fi in the office
that self reflective segment at the end was fantastic and very much needed
Fantastic clip guys. Well done Sam and MR peeps.
Constantly letting you tube know to stop putting conspiracy, and Maga nonsense, in my feed.
Seriously? Is it as bad as you guys are saying? I wonder if it’s geared more towards males. It makes me so concerned for people who don’t know better or aren’t aware of what they’re being fed so to speak….
@@ChardeeMacdennis339 it is pretty bad I can tell. Because as a bisexual man, who only watches queer UA-cam channels, channels with bisexual energy, science channels, athiest videos, and progressive leaning deep dives of society and culture..
And despite all that UA-cam keeps recommending me Ben Shapiro and Andrew tate shorts. The algorithm realizes that it's easier to bate conservatives and woo believers much more than it is progressives. So essentially naturally it will promote the content.
I don't think UA-cam is evil, I just think UA-cam is designed to create addictions.
@@ChardeeMacdennis339 It's bad for me. Like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole.
@@r.paulcooper5195 😂
I first started watching you guys through Pakman, who I only just discovered during the Biden/Trump election. There was something about his approach to covering the election that I found to be very refreshing. But eventually that led me to you guys and I’ve been watching ever since.
Also, I loved hearing the shoutout for Three Arrows. Channels like his and Shaun’s (the guy who made the video about Jimmy Dore’s COVID lies) are what started to get me into the more left-leaning side of UA-cam which I didn’t even know existed at the time. I can’t recommend their content highly enough. Also want to say that Three Arrows has another UA-cam channel called The Iron Dice. He uses it more as a podcast channel, and he has an excellent series about Weimar Germany which is still ongoing. Very engaging stuff, couldn’t recommend it highly enough if you’re into historical podcasts.
I liked when young men were dealing with Mario Bros pipelines instead of breed a psychopath pipelines that are available today.
Sam’s comments at around 19:35 about how Trump claimed to “just get it done” reminds me of this item from Umberto Eco: A Practical List for Identifying Fascists
“The cult of action for action’s sale. “Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation.””
This perfectly describes the party of Trump.
The MAGA movement meets all the requirements for Umberto's list.
They are a fascist movement.
I first came on UA-cam because I had some concerns about the religion I was raised in and I couldn’t let anyone in my real life know because they practice shunning. So I came with a fake name and found lots of former members who had gone through what I was going through. It gave me what I needed to make my own decisions, so I’m grateful for the platform. But it also led me down another path. I was still more comfortable with conservative stuff so I was drawn to Ben Shapiro type content which led me to more extreme views. Finally I just couldn’t stand the constant hate on women. It made me so depressed. Destiny was the first person I heard make good points against the conservatives, then Hasan and finally I’ve stated watching Sam. I feel a lot more sane and balanced now. So, thank you.
Hollah from MN here
Imagine Trump calling other people fascist... hah, that'll never get old.
If it wasn't for you, our only option would be TYT so thanks! You are especially needed as a bulwark against all forms of general right wing nonsense
I found TMR when they were a part of those few shows in the "TYT Network" back in the early 2010s. Of course I initially was pulled in with TYT (when it had people like Dave Rubin and Jimmy Dore on their roster for some reason), but quickly felt like I "outgrew" that specific format of sophomoric moderate-progressive posturing in general.
So I bounced around to other shows within that network; Midweek Politics (now the David Pakman Show), Secular Talk and whatever else was there. I didn't pick TMR right away because aesthetically it was an eyesore, lol. Long before Pakman was able to "steal" TMR's panels. It looked like something that you'd see on public access back in the late 80s or early 90s or whatever. But eventually I landed on this channel. And I think I just happened to find a random Matt _Binder_ & Mike _Brooks_ (M&M) Monday or something, and the level of intelligence while still being absolutely fkng hilarious, on top of Binder's legendary infectious laugh, had me hooked.
Out of all of the above mentioned shows though, I still don't mind Kyle's, but his whole schtick got kind of old with me quick. As he's gotten older and matured, he's mellowed out a bit, but what annoyed me about his whole personality and posturing before, I feel definitely serves a purpose when it comes to reaching people similar to the caller in this clip. I think having people like Kyle on Joe Rogan's show is absolutely essential. And although I don't really watch Pakman too much anymore, having him on Rogan serves it's purpose in a similar way even though he's more of a "centrist-lib-progressive" figure imho.
But something about TMR... There's just substance there. And I do feel that *that's* why Rogan would never have Sam on. We all have known for years that Rogan has been cosplaying as some kind of centrist independent bro, when he's low-key been known as the "Gateway to the far right" the whole time. Someone like Sam completely shatters the entire worldview he pretends to not have, but oftentimes can't help projecting. Kyle's whole disposition resonates with Rogan's audience and possibly himself. Pakman is more of a lib figure who is kind of looked at as a "safe" kind of personality. People like Bernie and Dr. West are both just phenomenal at articulating progressive ideology in a way that resonates with conservatives, on top of being insanely popular public figures. Ben Burgis was on, but was relegated to mostly complaining about *cAnCeL CuLtUrE.* Something that Rogan's audience of MMA dudebros perpetually whine about for like... no reason whatsoever.
Anyway, we all give TYT a lot of shit, but fact of the matter is that for people like me it was an important stepping stone and introductory point for progressive politics. Both liberals and progressives can resonate with it. It was interesting seeing Ana become even more progressive the more her and Michael Brooks became friends and that whole journey. Yet, TMR is where it's at. It helped me find my voice and effectively be able to articulate my beliefs in a way that can make people understand. The first half interviews are unmatched in my opinion, and half of my bookshelf consists of books authored by many of those guests.
Anyway, if you made it to the end of this, enjoy your day and no matter what you're going through in life, you're worth the world.
*RIP MJB* ✌🏾✊🏾🙏🏾🖤♥️🖤♥️
MR pulled me out of a terrible IDW hole. From there I finally got exposed to content that countered that awful garbage.
Can relate to this.
Hugs 4 all
I still have to select "do not recommend this channel" once a week for right wing slop. I just assume it's because of reaction content i watch here.
Was once an angsty Christopher Hitchens watcher before finding Michael Brooks.
I almost was flushed down the alt-right toilet as well. The algorithm started showing me Crowder, Shapiro, and Peterson when I was mostly apolitical. I'm glad I seeked out differing opinions because I don't know what would have happened if I let my self get swept away. After seeing you strike fear into the heart of Crowder with the bait and switch with Ethan, I became a regular listener to TMR. Thank you for everything you guys do!
It doesnt matter how many times I click "stop seeing ad" I still get a TON of Daily Wire ads. It's wild
That has been my point during the entire Biden presidency. Hes not going far enough with his policies, but he's giving everyone a taste on what government can do for everyday Americans, and he's pushing the Overton window further left with demand side economic rhetoric.
The Majority Report is the politics outlet I trust the most. Honestly... i don't trust any one else as much. It is refreshing.
Same here guys, thanks for the info everyday! Literally love you guys!
You’ve reached that point. I’m looking in from the outside in Canada and am fearful that what is trending in your country politically right now will come to mine.
“Let’s be clear”
- Sam Seder
Climate change absolutely affects geopolitics, thank you for bringing this up! The collapse of the bronze age (around 1150BCE) is an area of historical research gaining a lot more attention recently because the primary hypothesis posits that climate change in western Europe and the Mediterranean created a refugee crisis that resulted in conflicts so intense they ended civilizations. They call these refugees the "sea people" and many sources tend to categorize them as invading warlike people but odds are they were displaced bands and clans from the western Mediterranean who's sudden appearance in cities and empires disrupted social orders and eventually caused total collapse. It is possible that these people were organized and intent on takeover, but even with that idea in mind, it's still possible that scarcity of recourse and the loss of culturally significant land drive groups of people to extreme measures to ensure the survival of their clans and cultures.
This is what history can teach us and how it can help us understand the world today and prepare for the future.
I love Dark Brandon…the darker, the better. What he’s saying _needs_ to be said!
Getting Emma on as a host FINISHED this dream team. Been following for years but only subbed about a year ago.
Love you guys but just FYI something weird was going on with ur audio in ur vids today…😣 At first I assumed it was just happening on my end but then I started hearing it in more of ur vids so I rewound to see whether the distortions would repeat & were actually part of the upload, and realized they are. Haven’t seen any other comments about it either so I just wanted to mention it in case you guys weren’t aware.
Anyway, keep up the good work and doing what you do in providing us with sane commentary on our increasingly insane world 🥴🤘😝
Awesome 👏 love to see it
I was in the Jordan Peterson train when he first came out, and the anti social justice warrior train. Thanks to the Majority Report and David Packman I ended up getting out of it and going left.
Last year I ended up in a really dark place listening to the far right hate mongering of Joe Rogan and Steven Crowder but luckily I came across you guys before my life completely spiralled out of control.
Well done.
you guys have kept me sane(r) since i saw michael brooks (mpbuh) wiping the floor with sargon of akkad in about 2014, thanks!