Humbles views on europe

Cleanandhumble’s views on Europe have changed over time. In 2015, he remarked that turkey was seeing an influx of emigration due to "the flaws of the European Union" and that "wanting to settle in a third world country like america is the inevitable consequence of having to live in Europe". Whether this was a direct response or an original statement remains unclear.

In 2018, the Cleanandhumble account saw a rise in popularity mainly as a result of the European arrival on periscope (note: a common misconception is that periscope was founded by europeans and that americans have always been disproportionately outnumbered by them in terms of competition. Indeed, europeans accounted for the majority of viewers on periscope, but this was in the later stages 2017-2018). It’s clear that humble was repelled by this, and ultimately stopped going live for some time. (Note: pasquale did take occasional breaks from periscope, so this might’ve just been a coincidence).

Objectively speaking, this became one of Pasquale’s biggest controversies without many of his followers noticing it. In 2020, his scopes dramatically declined in viewership (note: this was even before his account was taken down) from 250 average viewers to 51(approximately) average viewers. This is what many consider to be the beginning of a new era for cleanandhumble. The seemingly inexplicable turning point naturally raised eyebrows, but it wasn’t until November the same year that people actually started to question the legitimacy of the phenomenon without any backdoor doctoring. Pasquale blamed periscope for the losses.[note: not initially]

During this time of viewership decline, pasquale was engaging with and blocking what he called trolls, many of which were european. The likelihood of this being a pure coincidence is virtually impossible. Given pasquales woes with Europeans, it would seem likely that he did away with many of them, not necessarily as a result of trolling, but to stabilize the majority viewership, which in his mind was american. Nonetheless, his intentions were scattered and it proved to be unsuccessful, at least in the long term.

Following the departure of periscope, pasquale made various live streams through the twitter live function, all of which were arbitrarily titled. Unsurprisingly, in one scope, he bemoaned the lack of inclusivity in Europe, all the while praising the wonderful culture and innovation in America. In a later live stream, which was appropriately titled something to the effect of "I hate europeans", pasquale doubled down on his previous statements but also clarified that the purpose of it was not to "attack anybody personally" but to "shed light on what many people get wrong about Europe".