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Colin Jost's look of contempt and incredulity is both cringe-inducing and beautiful to see because it's a sign that the ruling class is losing the narrative.
this post was submitted on 24 Dec 2024
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The lower classes have always been vaguely supportive of or at least not opposed to terrorism whether it was 19th century anarchists or 20th century guerillas. The problem is that assassination and other forms of terrorism have never moved the masses into action. People might agree that the victim got what they deserved, but they're just voicing the opinion they already had - that health insurance companies are evil - and historically there's no evidence that an assassination will spur them to act on that thought.
Oh I agree, I don’t think this is going to spark wide action. But I do think the dissonance between what they’re being told and what they’re feeling might be crystallizing a bit of class consciousness, rather than just satisfaction at the man’s death.
Like to use those comments as an example, it’s not just people lionizing Luigi. It’s also people talking about Jost being too rich to understand and about corporate overlords. It’s people actually starting to think about the wealthy having different interests to them, even if it’s only baby steps.
Yea it's more the media coverage of the event that is stirring class consciousness than the assassination.
If the cops and MSM had just shut up about it and treated it like any other shooting people would have shrugged and moved on.
Instead they are stuck in a feedback loop of obviously defending capital owners and pushing back on how the public feels which garners attention and gets more people talking about it which leads to them having to cover it again.
That's a really good point. I actually thought the best way they had to take the air out of the situation was to say it was a professional hit and had nothing to do with with getting revenge for obvious reasons. People would still hate that CEO. But now they've got a bona-fide folk hero (whether he actually did it or is a patsy)