I have been aware of Fuentes for a few years, following his involved with Kanye West. However, I only really started paying attention to his content over the last 12 months or so. In that timeframe, my impression yo-yo'd back and forth between "This guy is a pathological spellbinder" and "This guy is a semi-genius".
His verbal IQ is seemingly off-the-charts, and he is clearly a gifted orator. I personally find him captivating, in a strange way. I have explained to many people in the past: "I love to hate him, and I also hate to love him"
In recent months, I spent a great deal of time listening to his actual content. By this, I am not simply referring to the 2-minute soundbite clips on social media. Rather, the multi-hour, in-depth analyses he provides on his Rumble channel.
Following the drama between him and Candace/Tucker (both of whom I am very fond of), I made a sincere effort to listen to Nick's side of the story. He presented his case in three videos, totalling approx. 5-6 hours. After digesting both sides, I found myself agreeing with Nick's position. We discussed it at the Farm a few times, and my overall conclusion at that time was similar to what the C's recently said. He's good intentioned, but slightly paranoid and lashing out against those who he percieves he is being wrongfully attacked by.
Nick is young, and I suspect his rapid rise to fame within the political sphere at relatively young age (18 years) may have stunted his emotional growth / social awareness. He strikes me as a highly precocious, extremely intelligent and perhaps slightly autistic individual, who is surrounded by "yes-men", who rarely challenge his thinking. On the flipside, he has truly been burned by the system for exposing Jewish influence, and he has become jaded because of that. Many of these factor converge to increase his (perhaps consitutionally) paranoid tendencies, leading him to make connections and ascribe conscious intention/manipulation in places where it doesn't actually exist (Tucker/Candace).
That said, he presents a compelling case against Tucker's positions, particularly his persistent anti-China rhetoric, which I was interested to learn trace back to Jewish leftists who later founded the Neoconservative movement (which was fundamentally designed to steer American conservatism toward serving Israel's interests). Nick acknowledges uncertainty about Tucker's alleged CIA ties but felt compelled to address the claims/accusation against him. In his two-part series, he meticulously deconstructs Tucker's geopolitical view, tracing the intellectual origins and demonstrating that, unbeknownst to Tucker, many of his positions were shaped by and continue to align with Israel's interests. Like I said, I am personally very fond of Tucker, although I simply cannot argue with Nick’s analysis. He makes evidence-based, rational arguments.
Granted, his language/demeanor are abrasive and he "lashes out" at people he feels wronged by. Furthermore, he knows his audience (young, disaffected men), and perhaps leverages those more primitive elements of his personality to appeal to his audience. Yet, I find his analyses fairly consistent with the forum (atleast on the geopolitical & social front) - more so than anyone else on the "political right" that I know of. In fact, he is far beyond Tucker and Candace in that regard, from what I can see. One of his more controversial positions is related to race, which can obviously be interpreted as offensive by many-- although as time goes by, I find myself agreeing with most of it more and more.
However, there appears to be a dark underbelly to this story, which doesn’t bode well for Nick. The “Groyper Movement” appears to contain (or has attracted) a disproportionately high number pedophiles. It’s difficult to say how much of this is simply “edgy” Gen-Z humor, which I don’t claim to understand, but which appears to rely heavily on shock-value. I read the entire piece by Chris Brunet, which I found thoroughly disturbing. But it must be said that the vast majority of this content was merely evidence of pedophillia within the Groyper movement itself, and not specifically Nick. I am open to different possibilities. Indeed, Nick may be a pedophile who attracts others of “similar kind”.
On the flipside, considering how much of future threat Nick could potentially be to the establishment (which the C’s essentially confirmed), I wonder how much of the “dirt” in the groyper movement is actually just infiltration by intelligence agencies. Due to recent leaks, we now know that 4Chan was heavily infiltrated by Mossad/FBI agents, who flooded it with extreme content to derail the platform. They have been aware of Nick since at least 2016, and we know their tactics. Hence, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was at least some kind of smear-operation to discredit his movement. Therefore, I remain relatively open on this topic, for now at least.
In order to form an opinion, I would suggest people listen to his actual content. Not soundbites containing the most inflammatory comments, designed purely to amass followers or views. I came to see that his “deep-dives” on 20th century history are quite remarkable. No one is perfect, and everyone has their own personality defects and biases. I appreciate that he will not appeal to many people, and also acknowledge that perhaps one of the main reasons I am partial to Nick is because I fall into the exact demographic he targets.
In conclusion: Whether you like him or not – I believe he is an unstoppable force at this point. He appeals to disaffected young men in a way that others do not, or are incapable of. He articulates the “jewish problem” accurately and has done for many years, while most others are afraid to go there. Those others who are beginning to do it now, are merely scratching the surface. For this, Nick has gained the respect of the new generation despite being cancelled on essentially every major platform.
Whatever you feel about him, I sincerely believe he is someone everyone should be paying attention to, because for better or for worse, I predict he is the most likely candidate to be leading the political right in the coming years.