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I think it's really cool that you can rake in cash as a "leftist" online while discussing mental illness the same way a fox news addict discusses classroom litterboxes (hexbear.net)
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RantThis is a bit of a rant before I head off to bed but please consider this a comraderadely reminder: Any so-called communist who starts pivoting to this kind of punching down rhetoric should give a MASSIVE :hitler-particles: vibe.

I'm not backing down from that, there's a reason fascists are most successful when coopting class war rhetoric. Once you lack basic solidarity with people your class consciousness is chipped away like a Welsh stonemason chips away at slate.

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[–] 51 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Once you lack basic solidarity with people your class consciousness is chipped away like a Welsh stonemason chips away at slate.

Beautifully put.

BadEmpanada continues to lose my respect. We're well past the point where I thought he was more useful than harmful to any sort of leftist analysis; the man says some good things but what good things he says, others say too without incorporating more and more right wing brainworms

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  • [–] 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    The only leftist thing he actually does is oppose the west but without theory and simply on a „is“ level.

    He doesn’t even call himself a leftist, neither did contrapoints. Yet both were taken in as left-wing celebrities at some point.

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    oppose the west

    I thought so but he's got bad takes on Ukraine which backs up the "without theory" part.

    He doesn’t even call himself a leftist, neither did contrapoints. Yet both were taken in as left-wing celebrities at some point.

    That's interesting! I've been thinking more and more that "leftist" is not even a sufficient descriptor any more than "antifascist" is, because I've been disappointed by so many people claiming those terms apply to them and then really not living up to it at all.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I thought so but he’s got bad takes on Ukraine which backs up the “without theory” part.

    He considers ukraine not be western. And Russia & China to be the „same“ as the west.

    That’s interesting! I’ve been thinking more and more that “leftist” is not even a sufficient descriptor any more than “antifascist” is, because I’ve been disappointed by so many people claiming those terms apply to them and then really not living up to it at all.

    True. And that has been an issue since the bernie campaign, where american pink leftists intentionally mudded the water what „socialism“ and „communism“ means to trick americans, who „just wanted“ better healthcare yet still support the empire, into communism.

    My point was that Contrapoints and him NEVER even self-identified as leftist, which is like the bare minimum.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    He considers ukraine not be western. And Russia & China to be the „same“ as the west.

    Incoherent, none of these countries are western and only one is aligned with the west. Some of these streamers really turn ignorance into an Olympic sport.

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