Idk who this guy is, I'm not really a regular listener so I'm not really totally 100% up on Brace's views but he seems to be pretty in line with us lot in terms of foreign policy from what I do know of him. So I do think some of his past associations are weird, like I get the feel the ML/Maoist/whatever you want to call this collective sector of the left, has soured on the YPG due to their collaboration with the USA but everyone seems to have literally forgotten that Brace fought with them.
He's not a big name he currently writes for Geopolitical Economy Report, Ben Norton's current project
I'm not really totally 100% up on Brace's views but he seems to be pretty in line with us lot in terms of foreign policy from what I do know of him.
Probably more specifically the News mega crowd than the general HB population
like I get the feel the ML/Maoist/whatever you want to call this collective sector of the left, has soured on the YPG due to their collaboration with the USA but everyone seems to have literally forgotten that Brace fought with them.
Shrugs When was the last time the YPG discourse was in the western left media zeitgeist? I mean it's not like his involvement was swept under a rug he talks about it on pod, and there's like Rolling Stones articles about it and shit. That's just one of those things where western leftists only talk about it when it's rhetorically useful in the moment. Also I think TrueAnon/Brace has more purchase with Normies than Maoists.
Also I think TrueAnon/Brace has more purchase with Normies than Maoists.
Every TA fan I've meet either online or irl was a massive "tankie" (for lack of a better descriptor). The subreddit for the pod is probably more militant than HB.
I wasn't really trying to single out Maoists, more just meant the whole internet culture were a part of, the "non-anarchist leftists in the imperial core who are generally pro-AES states".
No, no I understood you fine! no need to be hard on yourself for this.
I posted what I did in case anyone didn't know who Skvarla was, kind of in anticipation of the conversation around Brace's affiliation with Andrew from Channel 5. I think it changes the tone of that conversation when this tweet is posted by a TA correspondent / published writer and not a twitter rando.
Robert Skvarla was a
guest for Episode 252: Fed Files
Idk who this guy is, I'm not really a regular
listener so I'm not really totally 100% up on Brace's views but he seems to be pretty in line with us lot in terms of foreign policy from what I do know of him. So I do think some of his past associations are weird, like I get the feel the ML/Maoist/whatever you want to call this collective sector of the left, has soured on the YPG due to their collaboration with the USA but everyone seems to have literally forgotten that Brace fought with them.
He's not a big name he currently writes for Geopolitical Economy Report, Ben Norton's current project
Probably more specifically the News mega crowd than the general HB population
Shrugs When was the last time the YPG discourse was in the western left media zeitgeist? I mean it's not like his involvement was swept under a rug he talks about it on pod, and there's like Rolling Stones articles about it and shit. That's just one of those things where western leftists only talk about it when it's rhetorically useful in the moment. Also I think TrueAnon/Brace has more purchase with Normies than Maoists.
News mega?
Every TA fan I've meet either online or irl was a massive "tankie" (for lack of a better descriptor). The subreddit for the pod is probably more militant than HB.
You know, the News Megathread
Yeah I'm not disputing he has fans among "tankies" or MLs, just that I don't think Maoists "claim" him per se.
I wasn't really trying to single out Maoists, more just meant the whole internet culture were a part of, the "non-anarchist leftists in the imperial core who are generally pro-AES states".
I am just realizing now you may have thought I meant "why is Skvarla still posting"
Bad title wording on my part. I was more expressing surprise that Andrew Callaghan was still posting stuff cuz... well everything.
No, no I understood you fine! no need to be hard on yourself for this.
I posted what I did in case anyone didn't know who Skvarla was, kind of in anticipation of the conversation around Brace's affiliation with Andrew from Channel 5. I think it changes the tone of that conversation when this tweet is posted by a TA correspondent / published writer and not a twitter rando.
Oh lmao