Are we Already Living in Social Credit System
A lot of people are despising China's social credit system, where people are ranked on a punishment and rewards system, but I ask, considering social media has basically already taken over the web, are we not living in that type of system already?
Considering your rank could be on how many friends or subscribers you have... And then you're somewhat punished in this social media system if you talk too much about controversial things like a lab leak or side affects from a Vaccine...? lol Or how about if you say the wrong thing on social media and you get fired from your job...
Historian Richard Dolan talked about living in a social credit system in these two videos on Jimmy Church's podcast Fade to Black, give it a watch!
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We're definitely living in a different society now, aren't we... Where people that are talented in making videos are kind of bolstered into celebrity status, similar to Hollywood, scary part is many of these people do not have bodyguards. The one thing I'm seeing more often is hatred, threats, threats taken out, some even resulting in deaths. Here's a recent article with beauty influencer Maja Janeska, give it a read on Daily Mail, it kind of made me make another post about this topic, but look at it a different way.
I have so many weird stories I could tell you, but because they're personal with a lot of people, I can't talk about them all. But lets just say I know some YouTubers that have made it to a pretty high status, that they didn't realize what comes with the territory, they had to back off a bit and take a break... "That's real, not exagerating at all man, more problems you get, jealousy and envy is something that comes with the territory man."
Look even the good dudes like Robbie/Lee from Todays Angler or Doug Wegner, if you think they're safe due to having charter companies behind their names, they're not... I've seen plenty of jealousy and hatred sent their way as well too... Within the fishing world, I'm seeing more and more anglers making up reasons to knock these people off their hierarchy, sort of cancel culture, Bassmaster Hypocrisy article recently touched upon it, but they didn't go in-depth why these people are acting this way on social media. Anglers are camouflaging their animosity and jealousy into bullshit things like way you hold fish, blowing up spots, flipping bass on carpet, dangers of cull tags, when the Bassmaster Magazine said we've been "doing it for decades and bass populations are as healthy as ever."
Bryan Brasher from that article kind of made the comparison to way these Anglers are acting to the way PETA activists act towards him throughout the years... The sad thing is, this is growing. Some of us are trying to bring awareness to this topic, but many are still twisting things to their benefit and ideology, thinking they're more entitled to fishing a spot than any "fag ass" Youtuber as these Commercial Fishermen put it... Remember we live in a free country, well we supposed to anyways, some even have taken to their beliefs of being in a free market. As Nick Fish said to some of the Commercial Fischermen who think they owned a spot on the ocean, he explained to them, "look you make a living from this, I make a living off of this." But it obviously wasn't getting through to the Commercial Fishermen...
Bryan Brasher - "I’ve dealt with them since I wrote my first story about PETA sending a guy in a fish suit to protest the Bassmaster Classic back in the early 1990s. That was when I still referred to them as “animal rights activists.” But I’ve since come to see them for what they really are, which is environmental thugs who want badly to see your rod-and-reels declared permanently illegal. Through the years, I’ve been labeled a terrorist by these groups for writing stories about children’s fishing rodeos. I’ve been called a murderer because I published a recipe for fried crappie fillets."
Ya know if they're so concerned about the fish, the fishing pressure or way people are holding fish at Kent Lake in Milford, why haven't they been in an uproar about the PFAS and Chromium Chemical that has closed off the beaches to swimmers, why you can't eat the fish at Kent? Then comes to point of realization, these people are full of shit. They're hypocrites as the Bassmaster article suggests, which also talked about pollution being very important, but these Anglers are more focused on fishing pressure, other anglers flip bass on carpet, way you hold them, and cull tags.
Truth be told, some men or should I say man-childs, just can't take another man catching a bigger fish than them. I think it's safe to say men were very competitive when the digital camera and photos first came out in the new technological world, but now with videos, music, sponsors, etc... It's taken this hobby and put it on fucking steroids. Even I have to say, even though I'm very laid back and fish at my own pace, never really cared for tournament fishing but without a doubt very much watch and respect it, I was very naive how much YouTube videos would really create a competitive nature within the sport.
And if you think this competitive nature of jealousy, envy, and hatred stops at fishing in the YouTube world, think again lol. I'm into gaming, I've seen Streams SWATTED... A friend of mine loves Bushcraft videos, he said he's seen a follower a popular YouTuber, roll up next to him and pointed giant speakers at him, then put music on full blast just to torment him... Remind you this was in the fucking Woods... I was a criminal justice major in College and noticed the police department isn't trained in handling these things, so they're beginning to take action on dealing with them, that's what a big change to culture his happening.
Obsessed subscribers are coming out of the woodwork, literally, and it's having deadly consequences, especially for Women. Remind you some of these beautiful women are petite, don't have bodyguards, don't have the strength or muscle to defend them if things do go sideways with an obsessed fan. I hope, many female YouTubers are taking notice, doing what they can to be extra more careful out there, even the YouTube women that fish...
You definitely make a lot of enemies in this industry you aren't even aware of... It's been relayed to me, that even some of the top Musky locals frown upon kayak fishing for musky fishing. I mean you'd be surprised what weird things people will conjure up in their mind to bring hatred towards you and your passion because you're successful at it. I do think some of it may be justified, beccause handling a musky in a smaller boat like a kayak could possibly put the fish's health at risk to a point... But then again, if someone is as experienced as Kristine Fischer, has the right net and tools, I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Some still very much disagree!!! And they'll disagree no matter what you say! I loved what Bryan Brasher said about this - "Remember that bass anglers have been some of the greatest stewards of the outdoors since competitive fishing first became a thing. Remember the people who catch the most bass are usually the ones who take the best care of them. Remember that fishing is a contact sport."
I keep coming back to this topic, because I keep seeing more videos and articles popping up that concern me.
A sport so harmless, yet so much drama, sometimes I don't get it, I mean I do get it... But still, what the fuck man!!! Fucking EGOES!
Also really doesn't help, some of the Pros acting like man-childs as well too!
Good old Mike Iaconelli saying no one owns the water here, then...
And what ya know, now saying a pro fishermen should be more entitled to the water than the traditional 5 day week hard workers that wait for a weekend to fish at their local lake, some call these Weekend Warriors.
Now I don't know any of the Googans, but I suspect after watching this video, there might be little jealousy from the Pros since they could be losing some of the sponsorship and money which is now being pointed towards the Googan Squad and other YouTube anglers like the Googan Squad, is there a paradigm shift happening?
Just be careful out there Ladies and Gentleman, I see more ladies entering the sport and I'm so grateful to see this!!! But as BIG said... "That's real, not exagerating at all man, more problems you get, jealousy and envy is something that comes with the territory man." And this is coming from what some fans that say one of the best rap artists who died because of rivalry, remind you of the West vs East coast rivalry... Egoes man, plus you put in how the media was pushing East vs West as well too! Some say, they didn't want our kids and culture looking up to someone like Pac because what he pointed out in society!
There's a lot of people miserable with their home life and jobs, some will do everything they can to stop you from succeeding... Some of the shit Stallone was talking about in his video, how he was told he talked with a slur, he was too short and small to be in a boxing movie, he was told he'd never be able to star in a movie like Rocky. He proved them all wrong, but he did say he knows of other people that could of made it to the top, but because they don't have thick alligator hide, they backed off and stopped following their dream. I say reach for the top, ignore the haters...
If you think it stops there with just "obsessed fans, trolls, and haters going after YouTubers," believe you me, you're wrong. If you make it to the Top Top!!! I guess you could say, in a way Rogan may be the new Tupac... Like I said, you make a lot of enemies you may not be aware of just for expressing your opinion...
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