Book Smarts vs. “Streamer Smarts”: Who Called Tariffs, Iran, and Maduro Right?

The contrast between the well-educated “Right” and the “dirtbag”/prole Right is interesting. Fuentes is one of those guys like BAP where the man himself can be interesting and correct on certain points. But when you encounter their larger fan base, it's often quite different, the fan base isn't necessarily picking up what the big guy is laying down. https://t.co/5v5c44DERD — VB Knives (@Empty_America) October 1, 2026 Fuentes built a huge audience/brand catering to the latter. Conversely, BAP reads books and can write. Fuentes does neither. Same for the latter’s large audience, composed mainly of average-IQ teen or 20-something “Fortnite/Discord types”, whose media consumption is entirely visual in nature (e.g., short-form videos/clips, livestreams, and chats). But what is remarkable is how savvy or prescient his audience is. Despite eschewing any pretenses of intellectualism and being hostile or allergic to the written word, they have a strong intuition of knowing what is right or…