both Vaush and people like the chapos are considered part of the 'dirtbag left', but I don't have nearly as many problems with CTH as I do vaush. What separates the two? my theories are that people like xanderhal and Vaush seem to take marginalized groups for granted and advocate for power structures in society, but the chapos have seen through the veil of neoliberalism.

    • blobjim [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      They are legitimately better than most media 'ventures' though. Like a Citations Needed for lonely dudes. Yes, they do 'platform' some worm-brained people like Adam Curtis (or non-politics people like that one director guy) but he already makes movies for the British government lmao it's only a win if they can attract more viewers with that kind of stuff.

                • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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                  4 years ago

                  the trivially true observation that obsession with the spectacle of party politics traps you in a fantasy world. avoiding comforting stories about the left's capacity to move the needle or even exist as a unified movement currently. not barking at the tv just because you see another dog. it's not an argument that Doing Things is a fool's game, but that we should be willing to ask why the last 5 years of Doing Things primarily online has yielded so little.

                • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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                  4 years ago

                  Grill pill is about finding a counter to alienation by having a productive offline activity to pursue. A wholesome way to relax that allows you to reconnect with yourself and your own interests by focussing on something that's right in front of you, that you do for yourself or people you care about, and that yields an actual and immediate reward (instead of trapping you in a constant escapism loop like gaming or binge watching). For Matt, that's grilling. It's specifically not about the "i just want to grill" meme that describes "apolitical" centrists.

        • blobjim [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Yeah none of them really "agitate" for anything which makes them lame. Their recent episode interviewing that person about police gangs was good. I think they're just good as a counter to the right-wing psycho-sphere (if anyone even finds them). But like you said, caring about podcasts is stupid. Except for Citations Needed.