Episode Details

In this episode of Based Camp, Malcolm and Simone break down a major signal shift at the official collegiate youth outreach arm of the DNC (CDA).

Hasan Piker appeared in a Mao Zedong suit delivering a fiery anti-compromise rant, while Destiny and his circle were reportedly banned from the event—despite having paid for tickets. At the same time, a man recently convicted on multiple felony terrorist-threat charges was allowed in.

Malcolm and Simone examine the two dominant factions now competing for the future of the Democratic Party: the Hasan/Mondami (Islamist, anti-Western) wing versus the Destiny-style progressive wing that still prioritizes LGBT issues, redistribution, and electoral pragmatism. They argue the youth arm’s decision reveals which side currently holds institutional power.

The conversation then turns to the parallel fight on the right—nerd right vs. gripers—why online culture-war battles actually determine staffing, policy, and candidates, and why capturing the next generation of institutions (and AI platforms) matters more than traditional think-tank money.

Episode Transcript

[00:00:00] Malcolm Collins: Hello, Simone. I am excited to be here with you today. Today we are gonna be talking about something that is crazy that it happened, and it shifts a likely permanent shift in American politics going forwards. So at the CDA, which is the official collegiate youth outreach arm of the Democratic National Convention, and this was their major convention this year, okay?

[00:00:22] Mm-hmm. Huh.

[00:00:24] An event happened.

[00:00:26] Speaker: Hasan delivers a Hitler style rant in a Mao Zedong suit. Oh my God.

[00:00:30] Speaker 3: Diese Leute und Hassbewegungen, welche unser Leben zu beherrschen trachten, fürchten am meisten die volkstümliche Aktion der Demokratie des Volkes. Sie fürchten uns aus dem einfachen Grunde, dass es mehr von uns gibt als von ihnen

[00:00:46] Malcolm Collins: Now, if you are somebody who watches American politics, you are probably familiar with the left, that there are a number of factions. And if we were going to say what are the two dominant factions right now one I’ll call the Hasan faction.

[00:01:05] Simone Collins: Okay.

[00:01:06] Malcolm Collins: The Hasan faction is primarily concerned about Islamist politics, the destruction of Western institutions, and doesn’t really care about things like cash redistribution or anything like that, right?

[00:01:18] Apparently now he streams with in the background a framed news clipping of the day after 9/11, which he has called out as, as doing himself. This is how extreme he is on wanting America and the West to fall. Like that’s his core ideology

[00:01:35] Malcolm Collins: Like, they- they’ll talk about that if they think they can get something out of it, but the core goal is the destruction of Israel and America, you know? Death to Israel, death to America. That’s, that’s sort of their thing.

[00:01:45] Hmm.

[00:01:45] And like, Hasan said, like, I- America deserved 9/11, you know. He said that Hamas is really cool.

[00:01:52] Their, their flags are cool. Like, the, I think it was like the Houthi flags are really cool and, like, the... You know, he- he just, generally glazed and said that a pirate who liked killing civilians was like Luffy. Yeah,

[00:02:04] Simone Collins: no, well, ‘cause yeah ... was the most- He was like, “This is gonna be crazy, but have you heard of One Piece?”

[00:02:08] And then the translator explains it to them, and the guy’s like, “Oh yeah, of course.” It’s a cute conversation, honestly.

[00:02:14] Malcolm Collins: It’s a cute conversation. But, but it- It’s very cute ... it- it shows the world that Hasan wants.

[00:02:19] Simone C