After the 2021 U.S Capitol storming, he stated on Twitter that conservatives and liberals cannot live together. Vaush supported Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination, but switched his support to Joe Biden when Sanders stepped down, claiming that it is more important for leftists to stand in unison with Democrats against Trump and the Republicans, who Vaush believes are fascists, and maintains that 'the ultimate enemy of all leftists are fascists.' He also claimed that Biden could be pushed more to the left by progressives. He is unwilling to work with self-described leftists who espouse what he calls destructive ideas, such as Black separatism, abolition of markets, class essentialism, and uncritical deference to a state (e.g. He has also said he is willing to work with liberals against fascism until such a point comes that they have no further common goals to work towards with. The two most prominent examples of coalition-building he advocates for are between socialists and social democrats to push the Overton Window further to the left, and between anarchists and leftists, in general, to push for socialism. He is anti-sectarian, meaning that he believes in building coalitions with more center-left politicians to accomplish common goals. He also believes in worker co-ops, which are businesses that are owned and democratically controlled by the workers, believing this arrangement to be more democratic and stable than privately owned businesses. Vaush opposes conservatism, homophobia, transphobia, racism, sexism, liberal identity politics, imperialism, and Zionism.

However, he stopped labeling himself as any kind of anarchist, on November 20th of 2019 due to his belief in an intermediary stage between capitalism and his ideal society which runs contrary to anarchist thought. Vaush's long-term goals are similar to those of an anarchist, meaning that he believes in the conditional abolition of all unjust hierarchy in society. He asserts that self-described leftists who support such views or regimes are not leftists, but 'Tankies', as their political views are based on being 'anti-American' rather than based on worker rights. Vaush despises authoritarian leftism, having heavily opposed people espousing political positions similar to that of Mao Zedong and Joseph Stalin, or supporting authoritarian countries such as China and the Soviet Union. However, he has said he doesn't care for the label that is put onto him and identifies more like a leftist in general. Vaush holds left-wing views and identifies as a libertarian market socialist. Using this pseudonym, he would debate Destiny on-stream, who was more to the center politically, with the goal of moving Destiny further left, to adopt ideologies such as Marxism and Communism.ĭue to his sexual harassment controversy in 2019, Vaush stopped using the pseudonym IrishLaddie. He had the username IrishLaddie that he had been using since he was a kid. Destiny doubled down on it in 2021.īefore starting his Youtube channel, Vaush described himself as an anarchist in late 2013. Destiny then excommunicated Vaush from his community, saying that he blocked him off of everything. Vaush remained friends with Destiny until September 2020, when Destiny accused Vaush's girlfriend and his fans for mass reporting his Twitch account to ban him.

Despite seeing him as a reactionary at the time, Vaush cites Destiny as someone from whom he learned a lot about argumentation and rhetoric.

One of the YouTubers that inspired him the most was Twitch streamer Destiny (aka Steven Bonnell). His politics greatly shifted in high school, when he became friends with a teacher he had for an advanced level course. Vaush has claimed to always be fairly left-wing. His father Mark is a visual effects artist who worked at Hollywood and his mother Julie is a filmmaker. Ian Kochinski was born on Februin Los Angeles, California. 4.12 'Ironic Misogyny' against JK Rowling, Twitter feud with ContraPoints and Kat Blaque.4.8 Comments toward Black Conservatives.

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