You know I thought that people like Baudrillard or Fisher or Zizek (long live the drip) had figured out postmodern Capitalism in the 80's, but I guess it's actually the fucking Civil War guy who really gets it. R*ddit libs and getting the wall, name a better duo.

  • Galli [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    I will grant that he has some insight to the problem of misinformation and white supremacy given he is the guy that made the documentary that effectively revived the lost cause myth in the mainstream.

      • S4ck [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        It's apologetics for the South in the Civil War. Essentially it comes down to this:

        1. The civil war was primarily about states rights.
        2. The civil war was instigated by the North and Lincoln who acted without constitutional authority in the years leading up to the war, which essentially forced the South to secede.

        It had nothing to do with slavery. Slavery was just an excuse for the North to exercise authoritarian undemocratic power.

        Edit: I like this guy's videos. He parodies Southern apologist arguments and then debunks them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lac-8tTuyhs

      • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        It's a collection of myths that all make excuses for the Confederacy. I grew up hearing most of it. It's everything from claiming that slaves were happier and healthier than Northern factory workers to "the south was protecting our heritage" to gibberish legal defenses over "states' rights." All of it is a bunch of nonsense to excuse the CSA or outright claim they were the good guys.

        I hate it all and the fun part is the myths didn't even exist until decades after the Civil War ended.

      • p_sharikov [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        It really pushed a "both sides" narrative and gave significant screen time to Shelby Foote.

    • post_trains [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Yeah I watched it again recently and was actually shocked how much it's lost cause apologia and really sort of skims over all the tension that lead up to the war. Like Bleeding Kansas is five minutes. I'd dare say the whole thing is genuinely a bad take.