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Why PSL’s Brian Becker is wrong to oppose multipolarity: it’s an essential step in ending the USA’s global reign of terror (open.substack.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, at this point, you’re just saying he didn’t answer it the way you would have answered it and that you think there’s a correct answer and that he failed you personally.

I'm not saying anything of the sort. I'm analyzing his answer in the context of the interview and the geopolitical situation today.

it was not incorrect

It was arguably off topic and not really an answer to the specific question. The whole interview is about the particular situation today, not an abstract multipolarity. Socialism is present today, especially with China which is leading the bloc of countries struggling against US hegemony.

The logical inference we can draw from Becker’s response is that more must be done to secure the revolution

The question was whether loss of US hegemony today is good, and his answer does not lead to this conclusion. What you've said in the rest of your comment is correct, but it cannot be inferred just from Becker's answer as it stops short of giving an actual judgement on the loss of hegemony in question. He talks about multipolarity in abstract and not the particular multipolary we're getting where socialist China is one of the poles.

If his takes otherwise are good, then great. Same goes for the PSL. I'm just critiquing his answer here which seems contradictory to the rest of the interview.