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He has a bachelor's degree in political science from Rutgers University, including studied Marxism at University. He interned at his uncle's new company 'The Young Turks. Then he started streaming on facebook to try to gain an independent following. It was Felix Biederman of Chapo Trap House who convinced him to start streaming on twitch. Chapo promoted Hasan before he was famous on twitch and Felix would stream fortnite with Hasan. His following initially exploded during the 2020 BLM protests.

Hasan has often credited his success to being inspired by Michael Brooks, who unexpectedly died in 2020. He often quotes Michael Brooks saying 'be kind to people, be ruthless to systems'. I think this principle is what makes him popular. He explains politics to people in simple terms and he doesn't act like he's better than you. He doesn't tell people that he's the furthest left person to ever live. He doesn't pretend like he's going to lead the revolution. He goes outside; he talks to people on their level; he explains socialism in ways that are easy to understand.

There seems to be a misconception that Marxism needs to be draped in esotericism. Some people feel as though they accomplished something great just by having discovered Marxism and express great importance of their own thoughts. The point of Marxism is to apply the Marxism to the real world. If you want to be popular, you have to go outside, talk to people on their own level, and explain your goals in ways that are easy to understand. If you want to be unpopular, don't go outside, express a sense of superiority to the people you interact with, and speak with shibboleths.