YUGOPNIK

YUGOPNIK is a content creator from the Balkan region of EuropeYUGOPNIK channel - About focusing primarily on the critique of capitalism from a perspective. YUGOPNIK regularly collaborates with other Leftist YouTube creators and works in two ongoing collaborative projects with Hakim and Second Thought: the left-wing news channel First Thought; and as co-host of The Deprogram podcast.
==Content==
YUGOPNIK's content deals almost exclusively with a Marxist critique of capitalism, drawing on opinions and perceptions gained while growing up in a constituent country of the former during or after its rapid shift to a capitalist economic model following its breakup.The Deprogram: Episode 1 - Introduction
Heavily influenced by ,Reddit r/TheDeprogram: What's up with Yugopnik's love for Zizek? YUGOPNIK's content often takes on a more philosophical tone as compared to similar Leftist YouTube channels, with content addressing the effect of capitalism in topics such as family dynamics and romance. This is in addition to the more typical economic and anti-imperialist subjects, as well as debunking anti-commmunist and right-wing rhetoric.
===Yugopnik Live===
While the channel had run irregular livestreams for a number of years, one held on January 16th, 2024, in celebration of reaching 200,000 subscribersTwitter @yugopnik: "FIRST TWITCH STREAM CURRENTLY LIVE - 200K Sub Celebration, Twitter Shit, Mob wife Aesthetic, YouTube, News." (in which YUGOPNIK claimed they "had a blast"Twitter @yugopnik: "No, I wasn't messing with you, we're continuing with the streams...") would begin a more regular stream of YUGOPNIK livestreams, in part due to YUGOPNIK quitting his "corpo day job"YUGOPNIK | Community: "Well, I just quit my corpo "day job". So happy. Let's do this." some weeks before to go full-time with content creation.
Following the popularity of the streams and the creator's enjoyment of them, Yugopnik Live was created and saw its first stream clip released on January 30th, 2024,Yugopnik Live: "Ban English Tourists From Traveling Abroad | Yugopnik Reacts To "The Worst Tourists""Twitter @yugopnik: "First Stream segment uploaded on Youtube? Who said I can't become a professional content mill, uhm, I mean Twitch streamer?..." with regular livestreams and clips created ever since.
==Other YouTube Channels==
In November 2021, together with fellow YouTube content creators Hakim and Second Thought, YUGOPNIK began The Deprogram podcast: an international podcast discussing a wide variety of subjects including , historical and current events as well as interviews with other Leftist figures. The podcast releases regular weekly episodes, sometimes prompting companion videos on the participants' YouTube channels that expand on discussed topics.
Following the success of The Deprogram and requests from the community, the three creators unveiled First Thought on April 1st 2023; an international news channel reporting with a self-described left-wing bias. While the initial format of the channel's content consisted of news roundups with regular updates 3 times per week, the format has since changed to more in-depth analysis of specific geopolitical events and situations at a reduced release schedule.
==Personal life==
YUGOPNIK is in a "happy, long-term relationship"The Deprogram: Episode 1 - Introduction with his girlfriend, and works for an advertising firm which he references a number of times in his YouTube and podcast content. He has previously worked in the USA.
YUGOPNIK describes himself as a "walking cliché" in reference to his Balkan culture ("keep the music loud and the drink cold"),The Deprogram: Episode 1 - Introduction and has expressed a fondness for vodka.Twitter @yugopnik: "There's no absolutes in life - only vodka."50,000 Subscribers chill and Q&A with Yugopnik LIVE + lots of Vodka
==Trivia==
*Describing himself as a very hairy man, YUGOPNIK claims he will never shave his beard off for fear his girlfriend will leave him.The Deprogram: Episode 83 - Ron DeSatan
==Quotes==
*"I dress like , drink like and talk like ".@yugopnik on Twitter: "I dress like Tito, drink like Yeltsin, and talk like Žižek." 10 May 2021
==References==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Educational YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2018