Jiang says that, on this reading, the worst modern figures would be influencers or people with huge followings because they hijack social consciousness or social imagination.
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Influencers
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...in a circle of violence. But this circle of fraud. Yes? Influencers on social media? I think so. I think so. I think that's..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...in a circle of violence. But this circle of fraud. Yes? Influencers on social media? I think so. I think so. I think that's..."
Key Notes
Jiang says pro-Dubai influencers are doing damage control partly because they have their own property or financial exposure tied to maintaining the city's image.
The interviewer says his own comparison case showed Turning Point allegedly circulating scripts to influencers against Candace Owens, and he presents Jiang's attack as a similar coordinated media event.
The host argues that social-media influencers have become the key channel through which American elites steer mass opinion, replacing legacy media talking heads as the route into public consciousness.
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"...in a circle of violence. But this circle of fraud. Yes? Influencers on social media? I think so. I think so. I think that's..."
"People with like huge followings. But not me, of course. They're the worst people. Because they're hijacking the social consciousness. They're hijacking the social..."
"they are and honestly like you know these influencers also have property in Dubai right so it's their best interest to maintain the image..."
"...evil and it was it was specifically from turning point paying influencers and telling them to run with this script and after the script..."
"...wise to the fact that there's all these like social media influencers who are basically your inroad to the minds of the masses. And..."
"...care about is their fame, right? If you're a social media influencer, what's the only thing you care about exactly, right? The metrics, the..."
"...like, I mean, there's so many examples, right. Of social media influencers who kill themselves or who do outrageous things to attract attention. Cause..."
"...ambition to be a YouTuber. I don't want to be an influencer. I'm an educator. I want to have real -life impact. So that..."
"To what extent do you see these actors as independent? Influencers? Yeah, I mean, this is a really important question. I don't know the..."
"...YouTube star, okay? I don't want to be a social media influencer who spends all his time arguing with other social media influencers. I..."
"...to even talk about like, you don't want to be an influencer today. I went to the beach for the first time. I haven't..."
"Like if you saw an American influencer perhaps speaking Chinese to a classroom of American students and they were talking about the topics you..."
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