What is your legitmitate complaint with Ali?
His vids are well produced and taught me a great deal about money and productivity
Sure, he contributes to toxic productivity but living under capitalism, we have no choice but to partake in hustle culture to survive unless we have rich families to fall back on
You claim Ali is privileged but he comes from a single-parent family
Granted, his mum is a doctor, but his family's finances are about half as much as a family with 2 doctors, or 2 working professional parents
Also, Ali has done videos on effective altruism but not many people cared enough to watch it, which reflects badly on his viewership/wider society
Sure Ali could dedicate his life to charity and give away all his money to charity but nobody, including you would/do
You are using tattle life right now, which makes you more privileged than all the 3rd world people who can't even eat or the refugees fleeing ukraine
But are you spending all your money/time/energy on these people?
Are you giving away all your money to charities and poor people?
If you are not doing so, don't expect Ali to. He is not a moral role-model, so don't hold him up to these standards.
If you want a moral role-model, start watching Malala Yousafzi, not Ali the productivity/money guru ffs
Okay, let me work through this real quick.
His vids are well produced and taught me a great deal about money and productivity
Very fair, I agree that his videos are occasionally useful.
Sure, he contributes to toxic productivity but living under capitalism, we have no choice but to partake in hustle culture to survive unless we have rich families to fall back on
Completely incorrect. Toxic productivity actively hurts people, and actually reduces your ability to 'survive' as you put it - if you're putting 110% of your effort into studying/working/etc. and leaving nothing for yourself, you're far more likely to burn out and hurt yourself. Also, we don't have to partake in hustle culture. I've managed two degrees and several part time jobs without hustle culture or toxic productivity, for example.
There are many careers where hustle culture is pushed and can often be the only way to get into it, eg. law, business etc. But this doesn't mean Ali should be advocating for this. There are many great influencers who speak out on hustle culture and toxic productivity, I would encourage you to look at Tiffany Ferg, for example.
If you want to learn more about toxic productivity and why Ali shouldn't be contributing, check this blog post out:
The pandemic has convinced us we have to be useful at all times. Here's what that mentality looks like, and how to deal with it.
www.huffpost.com
You claim Ali is privileged but he comes from a single-parent family
Privilege comes in many forms. He's a man, his mum is well-off, he comes from an affluent background. Many of these factors have helped him get where he is today. He went to a grammar school and got into Cambridge for medicine, that is insanely privileged compared to the majority of people in the UK. You can experience privilege in many ways whilst also having ways in which you are not privileged.
Granted, his mum is a doctor, but his family's finances are about half as much as a family with 2 doctors, or 2 working professional parents
This feels like a non-argument. You could put this argument on anyone with a single parent. I'm sure his mum has not had an easy life, but doctors do earn a lot of money and I'm sure this helped him a lot. From a quick google search, his dad is actually a businessman, so that's something to consider too.
Also, Ali has done videos on effective altruism but not many people cared enough to watch it, which reflects badly on his viewership/wider society
Huh, does it? People follow him for money and study-related content, not altruism. I don't think that means anything bad for wider society, or even his viewership - they just probably choose to get their content on how to be a better person from... well, better people.
Effective altruism also means giving your money away to causes and charities, which in itself is incredibly privileged. Imagine having the money to be able to give so much away each month, and still live comfortably. I have never experienced that. The fact that Ali does is admirable, but I just watched his video on it and... Well, it does come across as him trying to persuade his audience to give away money they probably don't have. Creating study content means that a significant portion of his viewership are students or young adults without money. It doesn't make sense to make a video explaining why he did this except to brag in a 'look i'm so much better than you because i have the time, energy and money to give to others'. Effective altruism is something you can do accurately if you're privileged. It's very hard to do it when you're struggling to make ends meet, you're coping with illness, or you're from a lower income background.
Sure Ali could dedicate his life to charity and give away all his money to charity but nobody, including you would/do
See the point above. This argument is laughable. Google the 'Tu Quoque' fallacy - because that's what you're doing right now. (thanks to the poster in the Unjaded Jade thread who told me what that was called it came in quite useful!)
You are using tattle life right now, which makes you more privileged than all the 3rd world people who can't even eat or the refugees fleeing ukraine
And you are too? I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here. Surely none of us should be doing anything because we're all more privileged than people in poverty and fleeing war. Ironically, Ali is the person who would be able to make the most difference here, but instead
here he is, posting on a gossip forum he's just making toxic productivity content. Privilege is on a spectrum (iffy description but idk how else to explain). Everyone, to some extent, experiences privilege. Nobody is suggesting that we are less privileged than people living in poverty, or refugees fleeing any war or any situation. We are only saying that Ali is very privileged, which is true.
Also, don't use the term 'third world' - this suggests that they're somehow less advanced or developed than we are. Just say poorer countries, or people living in poorer areas of the world. Better explanation here:
There are many ways to refer to the parts of our planet where people lack decent health care, education and services like electricity and clean water. And just about every label has its problems.
www.npr.org
But are you spending all your money/time/energy on these people?
Another fallacy. This is just a non-argument.
Are you giving away all your money to charities and poor people?
See above.
If you are not doing so, don't expect Ali to. He is not a moral role-model, so don't hold him up to these standards.
I don't think anyone has suggested Ali should be giving away all his money to charities and poor people. Instead, they're saying that he's a privileged, very well-educated man who has fallen out of what made him likeable and into a toxic productivity machine, where he flogs productivity brands, clearly thinks far too highly of himself, almost certainly isn't a feminist, pretends that he's doing lots of good in the world but only really just perpetuates the idea that you have to be Cambridge-educated and spend all your free time working or studying to be successful.
Also, he clearly thinks himself a moral role model, so why shouldn't we hold him to these standards?
Finally, before I sign off, I would just like to point out my favourite argument of
any public figure on the internet should be expected to be held to account in some way. Nobody is exempt from criticism, especially not someone like Ali who holds himself in such high regard yet doesn't really do any good.
Anyway, considering you've spent your time thinking up a terrible argument in favour of
yourself your role model, and pretty much advocated for contacting someone's family (which is borderline harassment), maybe you should leave this website and go back to jacking off in front of Ali's study tip videos. I don't think this is a good place for you.
he walked in my room when I was poorly in hospital and I thought oh no it's the bloody bellend from Instagram. He's very awkward and quiet in real life.
prime example
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