The answer is that they had some Bernie talking points when that was ‘cool’ and Dasha was dating Adam from Cumtown. That said, unlike Cumtown there wasn’t actually any irony to their racism and transphobia, though it was hard to tell with their vocal fry, and they only got away with with it as long as they did because of their minor association with Amber from Chapo Trap House. At best they were more reminiscent of old style communist hard-liners with their anti-gay and trans rhetoric, but they never really understood any other part of what like ‘ML’ theory was because there was ‘nerd shit’.
Otherwise they were just mean ‘hot girls’. That was their brand, and their podcast was exclusively about niche NY art scene squabbles and Twitter beef. When money dried up for the ‘mean democratic socialist’ angle, they immediately pivoted to ‘mean right-wing hot art girls’, which was basically what they were all along, just now officially taking money from Peter Thiel and not gaslighting us about where their political feelings actually were.
Overall, they just think that their audience is fucking stupid, ugly and desperate for female attention, so they have zero respect for them, but also have zero respect for anything or anyone else. They will always go with the movement that they think will hold them the least accountable for their words and actions.
You described pretty well what I was starting to gather about them. Opportunistic “pick me” types with no really belief system outside of making money.
The answer is that they had some Bernie talking points when that was ‘cool’ and Dasha was dating Adam from Cumtown. That said, unlike Cumtown there wasn’t actually any irony to their racism and transphobia, though it was hard to tell with their vocal fry, and they only got away with with it as long as they did because of their minor association with Amber from Chapo Trap House. At best they were more reminiscent of old style communist hard-liners with their anti-gay and trans rhetoric, but they never really understood any other part of what like ‘ML’ theory was because there was ‘nerd shit’.
Otherwise they were just mean ‘hot girls’. That was their brand, and their podcast was exclusively about niche NY art scene squabbles and Twitter beef. When money dried up for the ‘mean democratic socialist’ angle, they immediately pivoted to ‘mean right-wing hot art girls’, which was basically what they were all along, just now officially taking money from Peter Thiel and not gaslighting us about where their political feelings actually were.
Overall, they just think that their audience is fucking stupid, ugly and desperate for female attention, so they have zero respect for them, but also have zero respect for anything or anyone else. They will always go with the movement that they think will hold them the least accountable for their words and actions.
Amber.
You described pretty well what I was starting to gather about them. Opportunistic “pick me” types with no really belief system outside of making money.