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| Personal information | |
| Nationality | Statesian |
| YouTube information | |
| Years active | 2019–present |
| Subscribers | 477,000 |
| Total views | 368,031,414 |
| Ideology | Anarchism (nominally) Libertarian socialism (nominally) Liberalism Anti-communism |
Last updated: 26 September 2024 | |
Ian Kochinski, formerly IrishLaddie, best known by his internet moniker Vaush, is a Statesian YouTube and Twitch streamer who primarily discusses politics, philosophy, and gaming. He has described himself as a libertarian socialist and an anarchist, but for all intents and purposes is a neoliberal, as he supports right-wing figures like Joe Biden and institutions such as NATO and the EU (sometimes going as far as to distort Marxist theory in order to do so),[1] all the while regurgitating imperialist and anti-communist propaganda about people and regimes who threaten Western interests. His channel mainly serves to deradicalise people from both the far-left and the far-right while enriching himself in the process.
Ideological criticism
Anti-communism
Vaush whitewashed George Orwell's reporting of leftists, non-white and LGBT+ peoples to the Information Research Department (IRD) within the British government, as acceptable by claiming that Orwell was reporting "Stalinists".[4]
Vaush called the promotion of George Orwell's anti-communist writings by the IRD and CIA as "based".[5]
Support for U.S. imperialism
On 11 December 2020, Vaush jokingly stated that Iraqis have him to thank for supposedly stopping and preventing U.S. imperialism in Iraq by encouraging people to vote for Joe Biden.[6]
On 3 February 2023 Vaush advocated expanding U.S. imperialism in a tweet. Responding to a tweet criticising the number of U.S. Military bases in the Asia-Pacific, Vaush stated that "We [the U.S.] need more".[7]
On the 23 February, 2023 Vaush advocated for the removal of Iraqis from their homeland in order to receive English education in the U.S.[8]
Settler apologia
In a debate with the Youtuber Professor Flowers on black nationalism and decolonisation, Vaush compared White South African settlers who gained their "homes" via apartheid to Jewish people who faced persecution by the Nazi Party.[9]
Bigotry
Antisemitism
In a debate with NonCompete, Vaush claimed that Jews disproportionately controlled banks in Weimar Germany.[10]
Racism
Vaush has called Black people "subhuman"[11] and intentionally said the N-word in a debate.[12] He is against preserving Black culture even though it was systematically repressed by the United States.[13]
Transphobia
Vaush has called the LGBT+ community (and trans people in particular) "cancerous",[14] "mentally ill",[15] and "subhuman".[11]
Paedophilia
For years, Vaush and his supporters fervently denied any allegations that he was a paedophile, but in February 2024, the allegations were proven true beyond not just any reasonable doubt but practically any doubt when he accidentally showed his child porn collection live on stream.[3]
Vaush has repeatedly defended child pornography[16][17][18][19][20] and believes that the age of consent should be lowered under socialism.[21]
Sexual harassment
References
- ↑ BadEmpanada (2020-08-20). "Vaush misread stuff so badly in his latest video that it led me to make a serious youtube comment that I now must post here. the lack of non-US knowledge is clear in his misreading of Lenin especially" Twitter. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ↑ For a detailed discussion, see EssenceOfThought (2022-09-24).: "That Time Vaush's Career Should Have Died (But Sadly Didn't)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2022-09-24.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 (NSFW) Vaush saved drawn images of child pornography on his computer: https://vxtwitter.com/hayasaka_aryan/status/1755376676899332291?s=19
- ↑ “I don't give a fuck if Stalinists are reported to the state, I don't give a shit.”
Vaush (2023-02-26). "Feb 25, 2023 Trump wins & Biden loses in Ohio, INSANE anti-trans bills, JP is deteriorating". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2023-03-10.. - ↑ ““This office [IRD] not only got the rights to Orwell's works but also directly translated and published Animal Farm and his other garbage works into 20 languages on every continent on Earth.”
Based
“In fact, Orwell's entire literary reputation is due to direct CIA and other anti-communist organisation efforts at popularising his nonsense, which is…”
Based. Based CIA.”
Vaush (2023-02-26). "Feb 25, 2023 Trump wins & Biden loses in Ohio, INSANE anti-trans bills, JP is deteriorating". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2023-03-10.. - ↑ “…you [Hakim] are lucky that I personally got Biden into office because otherwise – is Hakim from Iraq? Well, hey listen ok, we're going to get Biden to get those troops out of Iraq ok – wait did he already do that? We are going to keep Biden from fucking bombing anymore of your airports ok. That's what we're going to do! You're welcome Hakim!
I know, I know it–, I know it sucks, because frantically Democrats and Republicans both have a pretty fucking bad record when it comes to foreign policy, but listen you. Ok, I got Biden elected and I'm gonna wield that infinite power, alright, and I'm gonna make sure we quit fucking around in the Middle East ok. We're gonna pull troops out of – we're gonna pull troops out of Afghanistan, we're gonna pay reparations to the countries we bomb, we're gonna stop that Yemen shit, we're gonna start arguing with Saudi Arabia, we're going to reinstitute the nuclear fucking arms shit deal with Iran – the nuclear treatus [sic], we're going to establish fuckin' one state council solution with Israel and Palestine – 'cos I feel that's closest we're going to be able to get – um, we're gonna – we're gonna do it. "This won't happen under Biden." Goddamn right it will. It will 'cos of me. 'Cos of all the socialist influence I have in the Democratic party. Yeah, we're gonna lift sanctions on Vuvuzuela [sic], we're gonna fix the world. "No it won't Vaush." Do you think I'm being serious man?”
Vaush (2020-12-11). "GOING OVER VIDEOS CRITICIZING ME | CHILL STREAM". YouTube. - ↑ “We need more”
Vaush (2023-02-03). Twitter. Archived from the original on 2023-02-04. Retrieved 2023-02-04. - ↑ “I know that Hakim is Iraqi, but I think they should have, like, airlifted him and brought him over to an American English class and had him sit there for 20 straight years after the Iraq War began – which was about 20 years ago – solely so that he wouldn't have made this retarded fucking video.”
Vaush (2023-02-26). "Feb 25, 2023 Trump wins & Biden loses in Ohio, INSANE anti-trans bills, JP is deteriorating". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2023-03-10.. - ↑ BadEmpanada (2021-09-13). "Vaush Knows Nothing About Decolonization and Self-Determination, Yet Sure Has Some Strong Opinions!" YouTube. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ↑ “There was a disproportionate number of Jewish control of banks in Germany during the Weimar Republic.”
Vaush. "HE HUNG UP - Absurd Debate w/ NonCompete Quickly Derails". YouTube. - ↑ 11.0 11.1 “you guys know ive called black and trans people subhuman too”
Vaush. Discord. Archived from the original on 2020-12-21. - ↑ “In this video, I drop an n-bomb. Biiiig one; hard 'R' [...] It was a power move which I am entirely unashamed of”
Vaush (2019-05-14). "Am I a Jew? Arguing with Nazis on THE KILLSTREAM" YouTube. Archived from the original on 2020-11-15. - ↑ “Wait, fuck Black culture—I don't give a fuck about preserving culture. What? That's exactly the same as a white ethnonationalist argument.”
Archived from the original on 2022-07-22. - ↑ “The left community online, particularly the LGBT community, is cancerous as fuck. If you're not an idiot, you will agree with me.”
Streamable. Archived from the original on 2022-03-08. - ↑ “A lot of the people who are trying to cancel Contrapoints are fucking dejected, worthless, mentally ill, basement-dweller, fucking queer people who have absolutely nothing to offer the world apart from their bitter scorn.”
"I know this is fundamentally reactionary thinking, but still, I can’t think of anything else". Streamable. Archived from the original on 2022-03-08. - ↑ “In fact — and this is gonna be a real hot take — I have yet to hear a convincing moral or legal argument as to why possession of child pornography should be illegal.”
Beige Goat (2020-11-09). "Context, for what it's worth." Twitter. Retrieved 2022-04-17. - ↑ “If you're not paying for child pornography there is no argument in favor of morally condemning people who view it.”
Vaush. "Livestream clip" Streamable. - ↑ “I assign this to literally everything. Um, I don't even think, like, owning child pornography is immoral.”
Vaush. "Livestream with Cult of Dusty Codcast" Streamable. - ↑ “I would not say that it is unethical for a person to purchase child pornography”
Vaush. "Livestream with Cult of Dusty Codcast" Streamable. - ↑ “If you're not paying for child porn, if you're just getting it, there is no moral or legal argument against that doesn't also rope in you guys for the things you have purchased.”
Vaush. "Livestream clip" Streamable. - ↑ “As those imbalances (or at least some of them) are redressed through the advent of socialism, the age of consent should therefor [sic] be lowered.”
Vaush (2018-02-13). Discord. Archived from the original on 2022-08-06.
