Socjus's New Ministry of Truth

"youtube, but good" — Their slogan, from their Reddit page

"BreadTube is a place for the new wave of creators, journalists and artists making high-quality content that goes against the prevailing winds of the internet." — Also from their reddit page

BreadTube, also known as LeftTube is a loose collective of leftists who, as the name implies, are mostly active on YouTube (they also have a fairly large presence on Reddit).

Origins And Summary

Breadtube has it's origins in the beginning of the culture war back in 2014 when Youtuber Libertarian Socialist Rants did a response video to then-prominant anti-SJW/Anti-feminist NateTalksToYou, laying the groundwork for later leftist youtubers. Later in 2015, male third-wave feminist geek YouTuber Harris Brewis, better known by his moniker H.Bomberguy made a series of videos mocking the strained production of "The Sarkeesian Effect" (He cites Dan Olson and his channel Folding Ideas as being his biggest inspiration and has collaborated with Dan on numerous occasions). Ever since then, more leftist YouTubers have crawled out of the woodwork. These YouTubers include Contrapoints (real name Natalie Wynn, a transwoman, and former academic philosopher. She films her videos with a combination of dark, theatrical humor, surreal atmosphere and colorful characters all played by herself), and Shaun (a British socialist, formerly a gaming channel called Shaun and Jen, who in comparison to the other BreadTubers, is rather bare-bones. Reading his response to another video over a still image of his avatar, a skull wearing sunglasses, often superimposed with videos, articles, and other images he uses to help make his point. The reason for his avatar is to "reclaim the skull" from the alt-right), and Philosophy Tube (real name Oliver "Olly" Thorn; a British philosopher and actor who discusses political issues through a leftist perspective involving philosophy and, as of late, theatrics). Below is a list of a few other BreadTube channels;

Their stated goal is to challenge anti-SJWs and right-wingers online and to "de-radicalize"/draw young people away from them. The name "BreadTube" comes from The Conquest of Bread, aka the "Bread Book," by anarchist writer Pyotr Kropotkin.

Why They're Mostly Rotten

Redeeming Qualities

They make valid criticisms of unchecked capitalism, the Alt-Right, the Manosphere/MGTOW and extreme conservatives/Obsessive Anti-SJWs. They’re supportive of more reasonable socialist and left-wing concepts like socialized healthcare, free tuition, and same-sex marriage. Some of them, like H.Bomberguy, Contrapoints, Philosophy Tube and Lindsay Ellis, have great talent and can be entertaining to watch. Also, they produce thoughtful essays on certain subjects. At least some of them do have a grasp on how toxic their side is and do show common sense. Kyle Kulinski a.k.a. Secular Talk admits that regressive leftists can exist and has stated he dislikes SJWs (though he's rather biased towards MRAs, calling them "stupid" and "whiny"). Anthony Fantano is also highly critical of SJWs (even though he can be quite biased and hypocritical himself at times). Lindsay Ellis has criticized woke culture. Two of Contrapoints' characters mock far-leftists (such as Tabby, who is a satire on Antifa, and Abigail Cockbane, who is a stereotypical pink-haired radical feminist who hates BDSM and other kinks and is also Trans-Exclusionary). Contrapoints, in particular, seems to be waking up more to her side's toxicity with her critique of cancel culture.

In addition, some of them are even willing to criticize other breadtubers. PIGPUNCHER/Xanderhal for example has criticized Lily Orchard and Essence of Thought (though only because they criticized Contrapoints). Vaush has also criticized Lily Orchard (Though again, only because she criticized Contrapoints). Not all of them are necessarily horrible people, just misguided and seemingly unaware/ignorant (or not fully aware) of the toxicity of their side, or can still do some good deeds; Unlike standard SJWs, some of them, such as Contrapoints, are willing to engage in civilized debate with those whom they disagree. Though as mentioned above, there are exceptions.

As mentioned above, at least some of the people they've supposedly "de-radicalized" genuinely were far-right.

Also as mentioned, they are against the Far-Right/Alt-Right and genuinely crazy groups such as Christian fundamentalists, TERFs, neo-Nazis, holocaust deniers, Flat-Earthers and climate change deniers.

Gallery

The more militant and anti-free speech side of BreadTube. So much for changing minds. Also, are Peter Coffin and Vaush Anti-Feminists/Anti-SJWs now?

And so much for wanting to "de-radicalize" people

VIVA LA REVOLUCION!!!

Videos

Note: due to performance issues, all videos will be displayed in BreadTube/Videos.

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