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Why exactly is Hasan important?
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I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "I used to watch Hasan and then started reading lenin and now here I am". I have heard that with the deprogram, through the subreddit which was highly commie and encouraged people to look beyond.
So I can't agree that he forms a pipeline, and telling his audience to read lenin does not make one if they are not going to read lenin but keep watching him instead. Socdems are not communist and have never been.
I also think he gets a lot of leeway because he's "on the left" that would not be afforded if he wasn't so popular. I've said it before with mamdani; everyone on the right is taking appointments with him to get him on their side - zionists are talking to him, republicans are talking to him, Obama is talking to him, fundamentalist Christians are talking to him... The only people that refuse to steer him back left are socialists. We have stopped believing in self criticism.
Ok, well now you have. I used to watch Hasan, then started reading lenin. Now hear I am. He encourages people to go outside and organize, so I now spend significantly less time online. I have met many others in my org who did the same.