Kochinski is a self-described progressive,[15] anti-fascist,[39][40] and libertarian socialist.[13][31][40] He has also described himself as a “dirtbag leftist” and “a big fan of democracy”.[39][14] In the 2020 United States presidential election, he opposed the “Bernie or Bust” movement and urged people to vote for Joe Biden,[13] calling a refusal to vote “stupid” and motivated by “[an] incredibly narcissistic ‘doomerism’ that prevents people from engaging in meaningful action”.[13] Kochinski opposes the United States embargo against Cuba and supported the withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan. He also opposed Donald Trump’s withdrawal of United States troops from Rojava.[41] While believing that tech companies have too much power, Kochinski also felt that Donald Trump being banned from various social media websites was an “unequivocally good thing”.[13] In 2022, Kochinski posted multiple videos and broadcast multiple livestreams condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[40][42]

Kochinski has criticized the online right for creating a “pipeline” that pushes people to radical hard-right views such as ethnic nationalism, disenfranchising women and for engaging in “absolute abject cruelty to trans people”. He has also criticized the online left for “purity politics” and for engaging in actions that create “great content but terrible political advocacy”.[13] Nonetheless, he believes that the left should engage in online advocacy because the internet allows for their message to reach a wider audience than any other medium and has argued that BreadTube has decreased the number of people online moving to the political right.[41] Following the arrest of manosphere influencer Andrew Tate, Vaush argued that Tate’s rise to popularity was due to the left failing to address the problems of young men and boys, saying they were being “pulled into fascism” because “the right talks to them and the left doesn’t”.[43][44]

In May 2021, he opposed Twitch’s use of the term “womxn”, saying “There is already an inclusive term for trans women and cis women, and it’s women … The only reason you [would not] believe that is if you don’t believe trans women are women.”[45] He has criticized Twitter for banning trans people for using the term TERF, which he argues is “categorically not a slur”.[24]