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Callaghan: Social platforms are removing almost a majority of Trump conservatives
“No, they're removing almost a majority of Trump conservatives off of social media platforms, pushing them further into deep internet holes where they only see each other and they only talk to each other.”
Callaghan: San Francisco is dystopian due to extreme wealth inequality
“San Francisco is dystopian. I mean, look at the inequality that's propagated with the city failing to combat gentrification and provide for their homeless people. I mean, I can't think of a place where you can have the richest people that close to just like th…”
Callaghan: Seattle police intentionally surrendered their precinct to CHAZ protesters
“The cops really gave the precinct to the protesters in Seattle. They gave it on purpose. They wanted the people to do that. I mean, that was the most fortified, strongest police station in the city that they gave it to them.”
Callaghan: Gentrifiers post radical social media content out of neighborhood guilt
“That's why all these like gentrifier, like white people are so, so scared of like not, not appearing like as radical as possible. Like, you know what I mean? Like in San Francisco and Seattle... Cause the deep down they know, like in places like Bushwick and t…”
Callaghan: 80% to 90% of political activists believe they act for common good
“Most Trump supporters think that they're saving America. Most people in the streets, like rioting and destroying shit, believe that they are ultimately creating a sort of space for conversations that will better the country. I think there is, I just don't thin…”
Callaghan: Mainstream news is locked in a divisive, profitable punditry cycle
“The mainstream American news cycle is locked in this just like horrible divisive cycle of punditry, where they're like right wing talking head, left wing talking head. It's the same people who are going to propagate the exact same narratives and sell ads and m…”
Callaghan: Identifies as socially center-left but opposes the Biden administration
“I guess I'm center left socially.
But I'm definitely not in support of the Biden administration.”
Callaghan: Deplatforming users validates conspiracy beliefs and increases militancy
“Cause I mean, if you get pushed off of mainstream social media platforms, I feel like that validates what you already think as far as the big conspiracy and it might even harden your beliefs and make you more militant.”
Callaghan: Autonomous protest zones require central leadership to survive
“I think that autonomous zones need some sort of central leadership to exist for more than their Genesis provides. Cause you know, you gotta have someone being like, yo, we gotta figure this out.”
Callaghan: All Gas No Brakes made $100K/month on Patreon, $250K/day on merch
“I was only making 20%, but I was happy with that, because we were making a 100,000 dollars a month on Patreon, and the merch drops would make a couple, 250,000 in a day on a merch drop.”
Callaghan: Digital platforms lack labor checks, leading to creator exploitation
“There's no checks and balances when it comes to the ownership and management of all these new digital platforms. Like you see all these TikTok kids get exploited way, way worse than I did. I mean, it's not like the movie industry where you have overtime sheets…”
Callaghan: YouTube removed Channel 5's Miami Spring Break video for a week
“That first video, Miami Beach Spring Break, was taken down from medical misinformation for an entire week because someone said, fuck COVID. Yeah, and said they didn't want to get vaccinated. They got taken down for a whole week.”
Callaghan: Channel 5 is demonetized on YouTube and relies solely on Patreon
“All of our stuff's demonetized. We only make money through Patreon.”
Callaghan: Doing Things Media paid $45k salary and RV for All Gas No Brakes
“So this company gave me a 45,000 dollar salary and they bought me the RV and I signed some paperwork and I had a great couple of years.”
Callaghan: Developing an unannounced movie with Tim and Eric's production company
“We started working on a movie and this movie hasn't been announced yet, but it's with absolutely, which is Tim and Eric's production company, plus a couple other partners.”
Callaghan: Owns 100% of the rights and masters for Channel 5
“So now like we're fully, like I own a hundred percent of the rights and the masters to everything that we make and everything goes back.”
Callaghan: Spent $10,000 at B&H Photo to launch Channel 5
“I probably had like, 15,000 dollars left over by the time All Gas No Brakes ended. So we just went to B&H Photo in New York, which is a really awesome store I want you to check out. It's in Midtown. It's amazing. And we just spent 10,000 dollars. We got camera…”