Nick Fuentes Is Living In A Parasocial Hell Of His Own Creation
Fuentes is a 27-year-old white supremacist, Holocaust denier, and (some would say worst of all) podcaster
In 1920, Franz Kafka wrote a short story simply known as Poseidon, in which he imagines the titular Greek god of the sea as fundamentally bored and unhappy. Instead of having Poseidon ruling the sea and all of its various inhabitants as he is typically depicted, Kafka has stuck Poseidon behind a desk, too encumbered by tedious paperwork to go out and enjoy his vast kingdom. In creating the ocean, Poseidon has simultaneously formed an eternal prison for himself. He is the author of his own misery and the creator of his own personal private hell.
This is the exact same situation that Nick Fuentes has found himself in.
If you have been lucky enough to completely avoid any awareness of Nick Fuentes, allow me to ruin your day. Nick Fuentes is a 27-year-old white supremacist, Holocaust denier, and (some would say worst of all) podcaster living in the suburbs of Chicago. Every Monday through Friday, Fuentes live streams America First with Nick Fuentes, his show where he discusses the news of the day and extols the virtues of racial purity, Christian nationalism, and the classic “traditional family values”. He has cultivated a large audience that numbers in the hundreds of thousands to millions, with his supporters calling themselves “Groypers”. You’ve likely seen them in the replies section on X or at GameStop with large pit stains on their graphic tees.
While I am no fan of Fuentes, his clips have frequented my Twitter feed for the last two years (thanks, Elon), and I’ve begun to notice something: Fuentes is beginning to turn on his audience.
During each livestream of America First, Fuentes allows the Groypers in his chat to send him donations, with donations over $10 read out via text-to-speech to the entire live audience. This is great for his audience, as it allows them to have direct communication with their favorite beady-eyed political commentator, and it is great for Fuentes, as he gets to milk his fans for all their worth. But as of late, the relationship between Nick and his incel army has soured.
During his November 26th, 2025 livestream, Fuentes fan Notandy12 sent Nick $75 along with the message, “We should all start buying boomers 1950s [cars] and drive them around. Showcasing American heritage and beauty for the American First movement,”. As a casual Fuentes observer, this idea seems right up his alley. Nick has gone on record as saying he feels all aspects of American life were better in the 1950’s, as women weren’t as prominent in the workplace and public spaces were segregated. It only makes sense that Fuentes would love some classic automotive Americana to make a comeback.
Fuentes responded to this suggestion by putting on the classic “stupid” voice and saying, “Duhhh, what if we all drove around in classic cars to own the libs? Fuck you pussy, kill yourself.”
He did make sure to thank him for the $75, though.
On March 14th of this year, Big Badinky Bones sent Fuentes $100 and asked him what he felt was a better Chicago Saint Particks Day activity; the Western Avenue parade or the the river dyeing? A fair question for someone spending the holiday in the city for the first time, and who better to ask than a local? Fuentes replies by saying, “I don’t fucking know, dude, Google it or look on Yelp or whatever. I’m not fucking helping you. Thanks for the chat.”
Frequently, the Groypers will try to bond with Fuentes over popular media. One such instance of this occurred last month when DrSaint sent Nick $25 to recommend he watch the TV show Dexter, as the main character is a white man who is not a simp. Fuentes tells DrSaint that he (or she, women can watch accelerationists too) is exactly the kind of person he has been trying to avoid his whole life.
During the holiday season, ShartMaster73 superchatted Fuentes $30 to ask him to put together a playlist of Christmas music. To thank ShartMaster73 for his generous donation, Fuentes skipped the message before it could even finish and gave a middle finger to the camera.
Superchats are not the only way that Groypers can interact with their thought leader. For $100 a month, the most committed Groypers can be in a group chat with Fuentes, where they have 24/7 access to him so they can hear his thoughts on the Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show or whatever he’s outraged about at that moment. When recently talking about the exclusive Groyper group chat, Fuentes simply said, “I try to prioritize talking to people who are smart or funny or interesting, and with this group chat… I don’t know, man. I really don’t know what to do.”
Now, if I were as utterly misanthropic as Fuentes, I’d simply turn off the ability for my audience to send me these messages. That way, I wouldn’t have to talk to all of these people that I abhor. But this isn’t an option for Nick, because if he stops taking these chats, how else would he monetize his hate?
The obvious question is, why does his audience stick around and keep donating after all this abuse? He cannot make it any more clear that he doesn’t want to hear from them. I believe they stay because they are so far down the rabbit hole that the Groypers are the only community a lot of these folks have. It gives them a sense of purpose and belonging, with a central figure telling them what to do, similar to a cult.
Kafka’s Poseidon story was left unfinished, so we don’t know what the mythical being did to alleviate his profound ennui, so I have no advice to give Fuentes on dealing with his situation, but I do have a piece of advice for all of the Groypers that read Guerilla Press: If you want to pay money to get berated and humiliated, a dominatrix is a much better return on investment.