They're not even that, they're probably equivalent to, like, sportsmen. Disposable job-lottery winners who are generally unskilled and lucky. I think they realize that and that's why they're so reactionary, thinking it hides how useless they are to society and how precarious their class position is.

Edit: also why their bases are so anti-"cancel culture" because they're one of the few jobs where it actually works because it's easy to abstain from some streamer dipshit than it is boycotting a food company.

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

I know I explained here, but the reason artisans like streamers tend to be reactionary is because, like the rest of the petite bourgeoisie, they stand to lose their autonomy. The petite bourgeoisie as a broad class collectively tend to value independence and fight against losing their autonomy.

This is the precariousness they have, whereas the proletariat has already lost their independence and so seeks collectivization. The petite bourgeoisie lose their independence through collectivization, but depending on the level of class struggle can actually side with the proletariat despite this against a common enemy, the haute bourgeoisie.

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

To be clear, they are petite bourgeoisie, I explained how and why here. The reason they tend to be reactionary is because their class position as petite bourgeoisie is precarious, as they stand to lose their autonomy and become proletarianized. However, the petite bourgeoisie can be allied with the proletariat against the haute bourgeoisie.