Why does he need to be defended? Does he actually contribute to the issues he is concerned with in any way that doesn’t also benefit his brand? How would any streamer, regardless of their professed politics, be worth anything to a revolutionary process? Why is he not a mere spectacle?
Without judgment, look at how many people have him on in the background (he streams 8 hours a day of course people are not going to be attentive for the entire time). To understand the world you must struggle with the material, it doesn’t come about through osmosis